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Michael Alp shares career advice, his thoughts for suppliers considering bidding for government contracts, and what he believes is New Zealand’s greatest contribution to the procurement community.

New Zealand Government Procurement is working on multiple system development initiatives at the moment. Some of the changes will affect the way agencies use All-of-Government (AoG) contracts.

Knowledge Hour recap: Michael Alp, General Manager, of New Zealand Government Procurement (NZGP)

Barbara talks about their first taste of procurement – training in logistics in the Canadian military, what sort of tool AI could be for procurement, and the role influence is having in the procurement community.

For most of us, swimming with sharks in a tank is not something we would do. But New Zealand Government Procurement (NZGP) graduates dove right into it in June.

NZGP expands panel of airlines participating in air travel services.

New Zealand Government Procurement is progressing two major initiatives in 2025 that will support better procurement outcomes across government.

The Online Panel Directory (OPD) is closing and panel information currently on OPD will move to this website.

The Department of Conservation manages one of New Zealand’s largest pieces of toilet infrastructure, serving remote and rugged locations. This story follows the procurement journey that brings relief and convenience to users.

An event was held at Parliament for suppliers to find out about a site project and there are already benefits from the decision to start with early engagement.

We’ve launched the new All-of-Government (AoG) motor vehicles contract

The Government Chief Digital Officer (GCDO) has recently published a new information sharing standard that outlines requirements to protect personal information.

Chris talks about how people can grow their procurement careers, supply chain security post-COVID-19, and how procurement works inside the World Bank.

Whatever disaster occurs in your community will mean all expertise will need to be used to get people back into a sense of normality as quickly as possible as they respond to the incident and rebuild.

The Construction Consultancy Services (CCS) contract was established in 2019 to help government agencies access a wide range of services for construction or works projects.

We have made the difficult decision to decommission Document Builder and our automated templates.

As technology advances GNS Science Te Pū Ao expands its drone operations

New Zealand’s first university and medical school is rebuilding its body bequest database. Warning: This story details what happens to peoples’ bodies once they’ve died if they have bequeathed their body to the University of Otago. Some details may be sensitive for some readers.

The report on the 2024 Procurement Capability Index (PCI) results is now available.

Martin talks to us about the three things the public do not know about the role of procurement in their lives, how leadership in organisations can help their procurement teams do well, and what they would do to help the procurement industry if they had a magic wand.