Senator Carr: The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question: (1) DIAC engaged Bush Park Shugg and Moon (BPSM) from the Department's Architectural Services panel which is competitively tested through a tender exercise. The due diligence undertaken by BPSM, the Superintendent, for the Pontville project included: Providing tendering services, Conducting technical, financial and capacity assessment against the scope of work and methodology, Providing pricing assessment measured against the quantity surveyor report, Evaluating tendering and preparation of a tender report to DIAC, Providing recommendations to DIAC in regard to suitably qualified contractors and service providers, and Engaging and managing all sub-contracted consultants. DIAC's due diligence process included: liaison with the Superintendent, Consultation with DIAC's legal team, External legal advice on the drafting of contracts with successful tenders, Risk assessments which included the analysis of minimising DIAC to liabilities involving contractors, and Financial advice and procurement of tenders. (2) The due diligence was undertaken by BPSM, Davis Langdon (Quantity Surveyor) and DIAC Project Officers. (3) (a) Yes. Fairbrother, as the managing contractor, required a Certificate of Currency. A credit check was not required for the sub contractor packages as they were contracted to Fairbrother and not DIAC. (b) No. (c) Fairbrother, as the managing contractor, is accredited under the Australian Government Building and Construction OHS Accreditation Scheme (the Scheme). This complies with the Office of the Federal Safety Commissioner requirement that projects directly funded by the Australian Government, with a value over $3 Million, are accredited under the Scheme. (4) All assessors are Hobart based with the exception of the DIAC Project officers – who are Canberra based.