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Seat selling tender
just the ticket
The rights to sell tickets to venues managed by the Perth Theatre Trust (PTT) are to be put out to tender.
Minister for Culture and the Arts, John Day said the public tender would be advertised in April this year after stakeholder consultation and would follow Department of Finance procurement procedures.
Mr Day said that if successful, the tender would mean the BOCS Ticketing agency would be decommissioned by the Government.
“BOCS was established at a time when ticketing options in WA were very limited and the market and its needs have changed significantly,” Mr Day said.
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“It would not be a good value for the taxpayer to invest further in BOCS, particularly as there are many other ticketing specialists and providers in the current market.”
He said BOCS would continue to operate as usual during the tender process and a period of transition had been allowed.
“Patrons should not be unduly affected by this decision as any transfer arrangements will take into account current ticketing agreements,” Mr Day said.
He said the decision to outsource the ticketing rights for the PTT venues had been raised before and, after extensive research by the trust, it was recommended that the current best option was to test the market through the tender process.
“Specified service levels will be included in the contract as it is very important that high service levels are maintained, including during and after the tender process,” the Minister said.
“The State Government will ensure the interests of current BOCS staff, the Perth Theatre Trust and the Western Australian arts community be considered in any agreement,” He said.
Edition 121, 24 January 2012
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