Health Purchasing Victoria (HPV)

Date lodged

3 December 2001

Status

Completed

Outcome

Granted with conditions

4 December 2002

Description of Conduct

Proposed calling & awarding of a tender by Health Purchasing Victoria (HPV) for the exclusive acquisition of temperary agency nursing staff.

Authorisation was granted on 4 December 2002 for the calling an awarding of tenders by HPV for the exclusive acquisition of temporary agency nursing staff from nursing agencies on behalf of public health services in metropolitan melbourne and geelong. Authorisation was granted for 6 years. The authorisation was appealed to the ACT. The appeal was withdrawn on 9 July 2003 on which date the authorisation came into force.

Applicant(s)

Health Purchasing Victoria (HPV)

Authorisation number(s)

A90811
A90812

Applications

Document title	Date
Health Purchasing Victoria (HPV) lodgement - pt 1 of 3 (PDF1.27 MB)	3 Dec 2001
Health Purchasing Victoria (HPV) lodgement - pt 2 of 3 (PDF1.34 MB)	3 Dec 2001
Health Purchasing Victoria (HPV) lodgement - pt 3 of 3 (PDF783.22 KB)	3 Dec 2001

Decisions

Document title	Date
Final Determination - pt 1 of 3 (PDF1.47 MB)	4 Dec 2002
Final Determination - pt 2 of 3 (PDF1.3 MB)	4 Dec 2002
Final Determination - pt 3 of 3 (PDF1.09 MB)	4 Dec 2002
Draft Determination (PDF1.38 MB)	27 Jun 2002
ACCC to Interested Parties (PDF314.4 KB)	24 Jan 2002
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ACCC correspondence

Document title	Date
ACCC to Interested Parties (PDF712.3 KB)	11 Jul 2003
ACCC to Interested Parties (PDF1.06 MB)	4 Dec 2002
ACCC to Interested Parties (PDF1.22 MB)	4 Dec 2002
ACCC to Counsel for HPV request for further information (PDF318.36 KB)	28 Oct 2002
ACCC to interested parties (PDF435.51 KB)	27 Jun 2002
ACCC to interested parties (PDF505.08 KB)	27 Jun 2002
ACCC to Interested Parties (PDF276.55 KB)	22 Apr 2002
ACCC to Health Purchasing Victoria (PDF131.44 KB)	10 Jan 2002
ACCC to Interested Parties inviting submissions (PDF194.43 KB)	10 Dec 2001
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Submissions - before draft decision

Document title	Date
Department of Human Services (PDF56.96 KB)	17 Jun 2002
Department of Human Services (PDF86.68 KB)	21 May 2002
Austra Health (PDF70.27 KB)	17 May 2002
Medistaff International (PDF81.32 KB)	17 May 2002
Recruitment and Consulting Services Association (PDF921.77 KB)	16 May 2002
Critical Care Clinicians Association (PDF132.76 KB)	13 May 2002
The Alfred (PDF34.65 KB)	13 May 2002
Nursing Agencies Association of Australia (PDF135.94 KB)	9 May 2002
Victorian Nurse Specialists (PDF77.16 KB)	7 May 2002
Belmore Nurses Bureau (PDF99.46 KB)	7 May 2002
IRC Global Networks (PDF131.46 KB)	6 May 2002
PRN Nurses (PDF143 KB)	3 May 2002
Alpha Nursing (PDF178.76 KB)	3 May 2002
Women's and Children's Health Service (PDF234.2 KB)	3 May 2002
Code Blue Specialist Nurses (PDF241.64 KB)	3 May 2002
PRN Nurses (PDF88.16 KB)	3 May 2002
Recruitment and Consulting Services Assn (PDF130.74 KB)	11 Apr 2002
Health Purchasing Victoria - pt 1 of 3 (PDF1.01 MB)	9 Apr 2002
Health Purchasing Victoria - pt 2 of 3 (PDF812.71 KB)	9 Apr 2002
Health Purchasing Victoria - pt 3 of 3 (PDF723.75 KB)	9 Apr 2002
Health Purchasing Victoria - DHS Direction (PDF93.24 KB)	8 Apr 2002
Code Blue Specialist Nursing Agency - pt 1 of 4 (PDF1.29 MB)	13 Mar 2002
Code Blue Specialist Nursing Agency - pt 2 of 4 (PDF1.09 MB)	13 Mar 2002
Code Blue Specialist Nursing Agency - pt 3 of 4 (PDF1.3 MB)	13 Mar 2002
Code Blue Specialist Nursing Agency - pt 4 of 4 (PDF1.38 MB)	13 Mar 2002
Nursing Australia (PDF211.21 KB)	24 Feb 2002
Colbrow Nurses Agency (PDF861.29 KB)	22 Feb 2002
Nursing Agencies Assn of Australia (PDF1.84 MB)	19 Feb 2002
Psychiatric Care Consultants (PDF428.54 KB)	18 Feb 2002
Malvern Nurses Agency - . (PDF94.24 KB)	15 Feb 2002
Nursing Australia - pt 1 of 2 (PDF1.47 MB)	15 Feb 2004
Nursing Australia - pt 2 of 2 (PDF1.58 MB)	15 Feb 2004
Medistaff International (PDF1.66 MB)	14 Feb 2002
PRN Nurses (PDF1.9 MB)	14 Feb 2002
Austra Health (PDF115.68 KB)	13 Feb 2002
Recruitment and Consulting Services Assn - pt 1 of 3 (PDF589.02 KB)	13 Feb 2002
Recruitment and Consulting Services Assn - pt 2 of 3 (PDF704.54 KB)	13 Feb 2002
Recruitment and Consulting Services Assn - pt 3 of 3 (PDF642.66 KB)	13 Feb 2002
Belmore Nurses Bureau (PDF2.07 MB)	11 Feb 2002
Belmore Nurses Bureau (PDF271.23 KB)	11 Feb 2002
Victorian Nurse Specialists (PDF1.03 MB)	11 Feb 2002
Alpha Nursing (PDF880.54 KB)	11 Feb 2002
Health Purchasing Victoria - pt 1 of 2 (PDF1.16 MB)	4 Feb 2002
Health Purchasing Victoria - pt 2 of 2 (PDF1.02 MB)	4 Feb 2002
Drake Australia (PDF106.36 KB)	25 Jan 2002
Nursing Australia (PDF224.47 KB)	24 Jan 2002
Health Purchasing Victoria (PDF392.62 KB)	24 Jan 2002
Nursing Australia (PDF240.21 KB)	23 Jan 2002
Health Purchasing Victoria - pt 1 of 2 (PDF1.48 MB)	16 Jan 2002
Health Purchasing Victoria - pt 2 of 2 (PDF1.34 MB)	16 Jan 2002
Nursing Agencies Association of Australia (PDF74 KB)	16 Jan 2002
Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute (PDF208.35 KB)	15 Jan 2002
Patricia ODonohue (PDF98.26 KB)	15 Jan 2002
David Michael Lee (PDF141.82 KB)	14 Jan 2002
Anne Mordey (PDF255.09 KB)	14 Jan 2002
Health Purchasing Victoria (PDF59.25 KB)	9 Jan 2002
Douglas McNabb (PDF57.47 KB)	9 Jan 2002
Nursing Australia (PDF646.02 KB)	8 Jan 2002
Code Blue Specialist Nurses Agency (PDF480.06 KB)	4 Jan 2002
Australian Nursing Agency (PDF136.64 KB)	4 Jan 2002
Alfred Hospital Melbourbe (PDF310.74 KB)	4 Jan 2002
Women's and Children's Health (PDF237.96 KB)	4 Jan 2002
Simone Millman (PDF179.34 KB)	4 Jan 2002
Northern Health (PDF118.71 KB)	4 Jan 2002
AustraHealth (PDF61.89 KB)	4 Jan 2002
Southern Health (PDF242.94 KB)	4 Jan 2002
Nursing Australia (PDF1.1 MB)	3 Jan 2002
Barwon Health (PDF96.94 KB)	3 Jan 2002
Carol McKenzie (PDF81.13 KB)	3 Jan 2002
Aplha Nursing (PDF83.8 KB)	2 Jan 2002
Australian Medical Recruitment (PDF349.61 KB)	2 Jan 2002
James Grabham (PDF93.21 KB)	2 Jan 2002
Frank Grainer (PDF64.07 KB)	2 Jan 2002
Angela Coward (PDF86.76 KB)	2 Jan 2002
Margaret Llewellyn (PDF281.01 KB)	1 Jan 2002
Rebeca Bell (PDF62.54 KB)	29 Dec 2001
Eastern Health (PDF76.19 KB)	28 Dec 2001
Melanie Suares (PDF65.54 KB)	27 Dec 2001
Australian Nursing Federation (PDF433.52 KB)	24 Dec 2001
Malvern Nurses Agency (PDF88.64 KB)	24 Dec 2001
PRN Nurses (PDF743.97 KB)	21 Dec 2001
Christopher McCormick (PDF23.57 KB)	21 Dec 2001
Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre (PDF251.63 KB)	21 Dec 2001
Recruitment & Consulting Services Association (PDF68.69 KB)	21 Dec 2001
Twin Hills Nurses Agency (PDF173.48 KB)	21 Dec 2001
Access Nurses Agency (PDF174.59 KB)	19 Dec 2001
Victorian Nurse Specialists (PDF78.64 KB)	19 Dec 2001
Belmore Nurses Bureau (PDF50.64 KB)	18 Dec 2001
Colbrow Nurses Agency (PDF99.46 KB)	18 Dec 2001
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Submissions - after draft decision

Document title	Date
Health Purchasing Victoria (PDF498.77 KB)	19 Nov 2002
Nursing Agencies Assn (PDF293.64 KB)	25 Sep 2002
Counsel for Code Blue (PDF648.79 KB)	23 Sep 2002
Code Blue Nurses (PDF378.27 KB)	21 Sep 2002
Recruitment and Consulting Services Assn (PDF558.25 KB)	19 Sep 2002
Health Purchasing Victoria (PDF629.96 KB)	14 Aug 2002
Department of Health and Ageing (PDF103.59 KB)	7 Aug 2002
Eastern Health (PDF26.63 KB)	26 Jul 2002
Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre (PDF50.23 KB)	26 Jul 2002
Nursing Agencies Association of Australia (PDF412.17 KB)	26 Jul 2002
Code Blue Specialist Nursing Agency (PDF535.45 KB)	26 Jul 2002
Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute (PDF47.41 KB)	22 Jul 2002
Health Purchasing Victoria tender process - proposed changes to mechanism (PDF1.15 MB)	9 Jul 2002
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Pre-decision conferences

Document title	Date
Pre-decision Conference ACCC to Interested Parties and Conference Record (PDF1.51 MB)	15 Aug 2002
Pre-decision Conference - record of attendance (PDF913.59 KB)	15 Aug 2002
ACCC to interested parties PDC arrangements (PDF468.93 KB)	18 Jul 2002
ACCC to interested parties PDC arrangements (PDF445.17 KB)	18 Jul 2002
Victorian Nurse Specialists (PDF24.47 KB)	17 Jul 2002
Code Blue Specialist Nursing Agency (PDF54.35 KB)	16 Jul 2002
Belmore Nurses Bureau (PDF31.28 KB)	16 Jul 2002
Staffing Synergy (PDF28.89 KB)	15 Jul 2002
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