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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From: J Floyd <[FOI #21954 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 1 March 2023 3:40 pm
To: Ministerials <[NZTE request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - External recruiter fees - further
information

 

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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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Kia ora J Floyd,

 

Please find the response to your OIA attached.

 

Thanks,

Georgia

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