The Minister for Energy today announced MBIE is working with the three largest electricity consuming central government agencies (New Zealand Defence Force, Health NZ and Department of Corrections) on pursuing potential Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs).
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Increasing New Zealand’s energy supply through government energy demand
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New Business Reference Group meets for the first time
Part of: Procurement news Consultancy Professional servicesNew members of the Business Reference Group (BRG), representing businesses from across a number of sectors, met for the first time in early February.
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Reopening of the Construction consultancy services (CCS) panel
Part of: All-of-Government Procurement news Contract update Construction Consultancy Professional servicesWe are reopening the Construction consultancy services (CCS) panel to new applications from March 2026 for scheduled supplier onboarding.
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New tools to support government procurement professionals
Part of: Procurement news ToolWe’re excited to announce the launch of the Government Procurement Practitioners Competency Framework. The framework, along with the Competency Assessment Tool and Learning Pathways Guide, is now available on our website.
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Unearthing our environment’s hidden stories with procurement
Part of: Procurement news ICT Hardware Office Professional servicesNew equipment that supports everything from groundwater tracing to volcanic hazard monitoring has arrived in the country.
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Focus on Procurement – Mangakōtukutuku College Board business manager Pradeep Kumar
Part of: Procurement newsWhat it's like having to procure for a child’s education and the role of All-of-Government contracts. Pradeep Kumar takes us through the paces of procurement in education.
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Focus on Procurement – NZGP principal procurement specialist Oscar Lloyd
Part of: Procurement news ProfileFind out how early immersion in another culture and viewing procurement processes as helping uplift people and getting them the desired outcomes they want have helped shaped a career.
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eInvoicing and prompt payment rules take effect
Part of: Procurement news ProcurementGovernment agencies are now expected to pay businesses that send them eInvoices within 5 days under 2 of the new procurement rules that kicked in this month.
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Data dashboards just got an upgrade!
Part of: All-of-Government Procurement news Common Capability Syndicated ICT Common Capability ToolExplore NZGP data dashboards in a whole new way through Power BI.
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Welcoming new provider for the Procurement Graduate Programme
Part of: Procurement newsWe are excited to share that Augment Resources will be working with us to deliver the Government Procurement Graduate Programme from 2026 to 2029.