Authorised officials must be satisfied, after making reasonable enquiries, that the procurement achieves value for money outcomes and complies with all CPR requirements, this includes being satisfied that the procurement: uses public resources in an efficient, effective, economical and ethical manner that is not inconsistent with any encourages competition and is non-discriminatory facilitates accountable and transparent decision making encourages appropriate engagement with risk and is commensurate with the scale and scope of the business requirement. You must: determine if the terms in a procurement arrangement need to be kept confidential and identify in the arrangement the terms that must be kept confidential (see ) ensure the procurement arrangement requires contractors to agree to the public disclosure of the names of any subcontractors and to inform the relevant subcontractors that their names may be publicly disclosed ensure sufficient documentation is retained to demonstrate processes and approvals were appropriate to the scope and scale of the procurement not into a procurement arrangement where there is no end date, unless it allows for periodic review and the ability to be terminated by [your entity] where it no longer represents value for money. For procurements valued at or above $400,000 (GST inclusive) you must check whether any of the procurement-connected policies are relevant to your procurement (a list of these policies is on the ) the default for all procurements valued at or above $400,000 is open tender. For procurements valued at or above $400,000 you must use an open tender process unless: an existing panel arrangement is used which has generally been established by an initial open tender approach a prequalified tender approach is being used, which has been established by an initial open tender approach a of the CPRs applies or an . Open tenders must be published on AusTender. Managing procurement arrangements Instructions officials with an authorisation to administer a procurement – arrangement You must: maintain documentation for each arrangement (for example, a written contract, purchase order or email) proportionate to the scale, scope and risk of the procurement
Authorised officials must be satisfied, after making reasonable enquiries, that the procurement achieves value for money outcomes and complies with all CPR requirements, this includes being satisfied that the procurement: uses public resources in an efficient, effective, economical and ethical manner that is not inconsistent with any encourages competition and is non-discriminatory facilitates accountable and transparent decision making encourages appropriate engagement with risk and is commensurate with the scale and scope of the business requirement. You must: determine if the terms in a procurement arrangement need to be kept confidential and identify in the arrangement the terms that must be kept confidential (see ) ensure the procurement arrangement requires contractors to agree to the public disclosure of the names of any subcontractors and to inform the relevant subcontractors that their names may be publicly disclosed ensure sufficient documentation is retained to demonstrate processes and approvals were appropriate to the scope and scale of the procurement not into a procurement arrangement where there is no end date, unless it allows for periodic review and the ability to be terminated by [your entity] where it no longer represents value for money. For procurements valued at or above $400,000 (GST inclusive) you must check whether any of the procurement-connected policies are relevant to your procurement (a list of these policies is on the ) the default for all procurements valued at or above $400,000 is open tender. For procurements valued at or above $400,000 you must use an open tender process unless: an existing panel arrangement is used which has generally been established by an initial open tender approach a prequalified tender approach is being used, which has been established by an initial open tender approach a of the CPRs applies or an . Open tenders must be published on AusTender. Managing procurement arrangements Instructions – officials with an authorisation to administer a procurement arrangement You must: maintain documentation for each arrangement (for example, a written contract, purchase order or email) proportionate to the scale, scope and risk of the procurement
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