Consultant for commercialisation of building consent school

Simon Veritas made this Official Information request to Auckland Council

The request was successful.

From: Simon Veritas

Dear Auckland Council,

Under the LGOIMA Act I request:
1. Has Mark Flowers, former Chief Executive of Wintec, been approached to conduct a review of the current Building Training School, or to conduct any other work for Auckland Council;
2. If so, was this the result of a competitive tender process or single source selection?
3. If so, who was responsible for his appointment?
4. If so, was this person aware of the 2015 and 2018 investigations into the conduct of Mr Flowers carried out by Wintec and Audit NZ?
5. If so, is the Chief Executive of Auckland Council aware of this appointment?
6. If so, was the decision to select Mr Flowers reviewed with any internal integrity and/or professional standards unit?

Yours faithfully,

Simon Veritas

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Attachment LGOIMA and Privacy Information Sheet 2017.pdf
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Dear Simon,

Thank you for your request for information and apologies for not acknowledging your request earlier. We have been trying to ascertain which department inside the council is best suitable to respond to your request about the consultant engaged for commercialization of building consent school.

I have attached an information sheet on our processes and requirements under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987.

We will respond to your request within 20 working days of receipt of your request.

If you have further questions, please feel free to contact the Privacy and LGOIMA team [Auckland Council request email] on 09 301 0101, quoting reference 8140006349

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The Privacy and LGOIMA team
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Attachment 8140006349 Building Training School Review Response.pdf
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Dear Simon,

Thank you for your request for information on . Please see our attached response.

If you have any further queries please contact me on 09 301 0101, quoting Official Information Request No 8140006349.

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Prasta Rai
Privacy & LGOIMA Business Partner
Democracy Services
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