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Business Process Mapping of Resources Project Approvals in Queensland  

Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy
Level 32, 400 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 4002
QRIDP3
Business Process Mapping of Resources Project Approvals in Queensland (QRIDP3)
Goods and Services
Business Process Mapping of Resources Project Approvals in Queensland

The Department of Resources is responsible for implementing the election commitment to develop and deliver a Queensland Resource Industry Development Plan (QRIDP). A key part of the QRIDP election commitment is a requirement to review regulatory processes to ensure they are streamlined.

In addition to this election commitment, the Queensland Audit Office (QAO) has planned a performance audit on mining approvals. The QAO Strategic Audit Plan 2020 – 2023 states:

“The audit will assess the effectiveness and efficiency of public sector entities in granting mining approvals. Mining is a critical component of Queensland’s economy. It has diverse reserves of coal, minerals, and petroleum and coal seam gas. The environmental, economic and social impacts of mining activities can be significant. The Department of Resources (Resources) is responsible for granting authorities to prospect and mining leases. The Department of Environment and Science (DES) is the administering authority, under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 (EP Act). It approves eligibility criteria and conditions for environmentally relevant activities, such as mining. Poorly managed mining approvals can delay and add cost to mining companies and have subsequent economic and environmental impacts.”

To effectively discharge the election commitment related to the QRIDP, the Department of Resources is proposing to engage a suitable supplier to undertake a business process mapping exercise of the assessment process for high-value tenure types (final tenure types to be agreed between the parties). This will involve an end-to-end mapping of the assessment and approvals processes within the Department of Resources, the Coordinator-General and Department of Environment and Science’s (DES) portfolio.

The review will also ensure that DES and the Department of Resources are prepared in advance of QAO’s performance audit on mining approval processes. Page 15 of the QAO Strategic Audit Plan 2020 - 2023 states the performance audit will “assess the effectiveness and efficiency of public sector entities in granting mining approvals”. The QAO Strategic Audit Plan 2020 - 2023 does not clarify what activities fall within ‘mining’ and the QAO is yet to confirm the scope and lines of enquiry for the audit.

The primary tenure types included in this review are as follows:

  • Exploration tenures:
    • Exploration permits for coal and minerals; and
    • Authorities to prospect for petroleum and gas;
  • Retention tenures:
  • Mineral Development Licences for coal and minerals; and
  • Potential commercial areas for petroleum and gas (NB – not a retention tenure, but rather an extension to the term of an existing permit);
  • Mining leases for coal and minerals;
  • Petroleum leases for petroleum and gas.
  • Production tenures:

Each of these tenure types (with the exception of a potential commercial area) require an environmental authority. For major projects (usually production projects), an environmental impact statement (EIS) may be required. This may be undertaken under a DES EIS process or alternatively, if declared a coordinated project, a Coordinator-General led EIS may be required.

The final list of tenure types will be agreed between the Department of Resources and the successful supplier. The supplier will be provide separate quotes for the three tenure types. Depending on estimated costs, the Department of Resources may limit the process mapping exercise to certain tenure types only. 

The intent of this contract is to assist the Department of Resources, Coordinator-General and the Department of Environment and Science to become more effective, while maintaining rigorous and robust assessment processes. The supplier will be required to prepare detailed business process maps as well as provide advice about whether improvements can be made to current processes, or where processes are duplicated, unnecessarily onerous or could otherwise be improved. The review also extends to identifying areas for improvement and opportunities to deliver a more streamlined and efficient tenure and environmental assessment processes (environmental authority (EA) assessment processes and EIS processes).

The suitable supplier must have extensive business process mapping expertise, particularly of legislative and regulatory frameworks, to undertake this work. The supplier must have knowledge and experience of Queensland’s resources sector, or demonstrated ability to rapidly acquire this knowledge. 

The Department of Resources, the Office of the Coordinator-General and DES will provide a detailed package of information to the preferred supplier. This will include any internal process mapping that has been developed and any other relevant information.

24 Mar, 2021
Management and Business Professionals and Administrative Services - (100%)
open offer process
No
$250,284 (Estimate)
Cairns & Far North Queensland
Mount Isa & North West Region
The Central West
South West & Darling Downs
Townsville
Mackay Whitsunday Region
Rockhampton
Gladstone
Wide Bay Burnett
South East Queensland
1 Apr, 2021
Total value of the contract is GST inclusive
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Kahil Lloyd
kahil.lloyd@resources.qld.gov.au

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