The State Supply Commission’s (SSC) policies provide a framework for goods and services procurement that reflects best practice principles and arrangements. Public authorities must ensure that these policy requirements are used for procuring goods and services.
The policies listed below were gazetted on 28 December 2007 and are effective as from 1 January 2008.
The new framework represents the next important phase of the procurement reform program by focussing the SSC on its policy, regulatory and review functions, whilst providing Accountable Authorities with increased responsibility and flexibility.
The SSC will now be completely independent from agency procurement decision-making processes - it will no longer provide policy exemptions, endorsements or approvals for procurement related matters. Accountable Authorities have been given substantially increased authority to approve exemptions from policy and to exercise their discretion in a range of areas. The policies have also been amended to update purchasing thresholds, delete obsolete requirements and update some terminology. Where possible, low level operational processes and requirements have been removed from mandatory policy.
The Department of Treasury and Finance, Government Procurement will shortly publish a Procurement Practice Guide, which will be available for download.
