External recruiter fees - further information

J Floyd made this Official Information request to New Zealand Trade and Enterprise

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From: J Floyd

Dear New Zealand Trade and Enterprise,

Can you please provide following regarding "Agency 6": 
- information on the contractual status of the relationship with "Agency 6", including
      - Is there a master agreement?
     - How are fee calculated per "case"?
   -  Is a separate agreement signed for each "case"?  If so, who is the signatory and what process is followed to sign?

- What is the process for each "case" and the decision to appoint Agency 6?  
- What freedom do recruiting managers have to use other recruiters?  

- How many years of the last 5 has the spend with Agency 6 exceeded $100,000?
- What internal or external advice has been given that your approach with Agency 6 is consistent with the procurement rules?

- Have any internal complaints been made to the Business Assurance team regarding invoices raised from Agency 6?  What were these complaints and how were these dealt with? 
- Has "Agency 6" ever invoiced for work that they were not involved in? If so, what was the outcome of this invoice (paid, credit noted etc).

- How many events (dinners, lunches, rounds of golf etc) has the GM of Investment had with Agency 6?
- Please provide the locations of these events.

Yours faithfully,

J Floyd

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From: Ministerials
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise

Kia ora J FLoyd

 

Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 request (the Act) to
NZTE, received 1 March 2023 requesting:

 

In accordance with the Act, NZTE will make a decision on your request as
soon as reasonably practicable and within 20 working days of 1 March 2023.
The latest date for a decision on your request is 29 March  2023.

 

Kind regards

Georgia

 

 

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New Zealand Trade and Enterprise


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Kia ora J Floyd,

 

Please find the response to your OIA attached.

 

Thanks,

Georgia

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