The Queensland Government is committed to support non-Indigenous businesses to growing the economy and creating jobs and increase their Aboriginal and Torres Strait supporting businesses, including for Aboriginal Islander workforce when supplying to the and Torres Strait Islander people and Queensland government. Indigenous businesses. How will it be implemented? What is the QIPP? The QIPP is an agency-led, centrally supported The Queensland Indigenous (Aboriginal and model that aligns with the framework and Torres Strait Islander) Procurement Policy operation established by the Queensland (QIPP) aims to increase the value of procurement policy. Queensland Government contracts awarded to Indigenous businesses. It supports the The QIPP puts the focus on the government development, sustainability and growth of buyer to look for the best opportunity to procure Indigenous businesses across Queensland. with an Indigenous business. The QIPP sets a target that procurement with It encourages government buyers to use Indigenous businesses will be 3% of the value asides for goods and services delivered to of Government’s spend by 2022. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people – living in remote or discrete communities, or The QIPP commenced on 1 September 2017. where those goods and services target the What is an Indigenous business? needs of a cohort of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For the purposes of the QIPP, an Indigenous It also encourages selective offer processes business is one that is at least 50 per cent where there is a known Indigenous business owned by an Aboriginal person or a Torres market to meet the contract. Strait Islander person. Set and selective offer processes Who does it apply to? however still need to demonstrate value for money. The QIPP applies to all Queensland budget sector agencies. It does not apply to The QIPP aligns with the Queensland Queensland Government owned corporations Procurement Policy (QPP) principles to achieve or the Queensland statutory bodies. value for money noting that procurement can – enable the delivery of other Government What are the benefits? objectives such as economic, social and environmental outcomes, so value for money The procurement strategy government’s does not necessarily mean just the lowest price. focuses on backing Queensland jobs. It is about The QIPP and its 3% target are embedded in ensuring local businesses—particularly the QPP. Indigenous businesses—are prioritised for government procurement opportunities. Through the QIPP the government will: Further information increase the proportion of the total spend on goods and services supplied by Indigenous businesses support and link Indigenous businesses in the Queensland government supply chain
The Queensland Government is committed to growing the economy and creating jobs and supporting businesses, including for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and Indigenous businesses. What is the QIPP? The Queensland Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Procurement Policy (QIPP) aims to increase the value of Queensland Government contracts awarded to Indigenous businesses. It supports the development, sustainability and growth of Indigenous businesses across Queensland. The QIPP sets a target that procurement with Indigenous businesses will be 3% of the value of Government’s spend by 2022. The QIPP commenced on 1 September 2017. What is an Indigenous business? For the purposes of the QIPP, an Indigenous business is one that is at least 50 per cent owned by an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander person. Who does it apply to? The QIPP applies to all Queensland budget sector agencies. It does not apply to Queensland Government owned corporations or the Queensland statutory bodies. What are the benefits? The government’s procurement strategy focuses on backing Queensland jobs. It is about ensuring local businesses—particularly Indigenous businesses—are prioritised for government procurement opportunities. Through the QIPP the government will: increase the proportion of the total spend on goods and services supplied by Indigenous businesses support and link Indigenous businesses in the Queensland government supply chain support non-Indigenous businesses to increase their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce when supplying to the Queensland government. How will it be implemented? The QIPP is an agency-led, centrally supported model that aligns with the framework and operation established by the Queensland procurement policy. The QIPP puts the focus on the government buyer to look for the best opportunity to procure with an Indigenous business. It encourages government buyers to use for goods and services delivered to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people – living in remote or discrete communities, or where those goods and services target the needs of a cohort of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It also encourages selective offer processes where there is a known Indigenous business market to meet the contract. Set asides and selective offer processes however still need to demonstrate value for money. The QIPP aligns with the Queensland Procurement Policy (QPP) principles to achieve value for money – noting that procurement can enable the delivery of other Government objectives such as economic, social and environmental outcomes, so value for money does not necessarily mean just the lowest price. The QIPP and its 3% target are embedded in the QPP. Further information