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New Zealand Government Procurement is pausing the talent acquisition services Request for Proposal.

The new All-of-Government (AoG) print technology and associated services (PTAS) contract started on 11 September 2022.

The Living Wage rate is set to increase from $22.75 to $23.65 per hour from September this year.

The Procurement Team at Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) recently celebrated the completion of the New Zealand Government Procurement (NZGP) Te Whānau Manaaki suite of learning courses.

The next reporting deadline is 1 October 2022. All government procurement mandated agencies must complete this reporting.

The external recruitment services (ERS) contract expires on 19 September 2023. The next generation of this All-of-Government (AoG) contract will be called talent acquisition services (TAS) to better represent the range of services government agencies require.

In June 2022 Cabinet considered and approved an important New Zealand Government Procurement paper, which has now been proactively released.

New seismic principles have been developed to help agencies make decisions about the seismic resilience of their portfolio and the continued occupation of buildings with low seismic ratings.

The Government Health and Safety lead (GHSL) joined us recently to discuss their role as the functional health and safety lead.

New Zealand Government Procurement’s Commercial Pool works alongside existing government teams to support their important commercial projects.

Much anticipated new guidelines are helping government agencies apply a consistent approach to branding their workplaces, supporting a more streamlined, joined-up, modern public service, organised around the needs of New Zealanders.

Late last year the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment Hīkina Whakatutuki (MBIE) completed the procurement process for an eInvoicing open syndicated panel of access point providers.

eInvoicing continues to be adopted across New Zealand with many businesses and the wider government sector progressively becoming enabled to send and receive eInvoices.

The Government Property Group (GPG) Common Capability office furniture contract has returned to market.

We have achieved 71.2% agency satisfaction across the 20 All-of-Government (AoG) and two common capability contracts. This is a slight decrease from last year’s 72.9% year’s results but exceeds our target of 70% for agency satisfaction.

The New Zealand Government Property team has worked closely with the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment Hīkina Whakatutuki (MBIE) Property team to agree an initial 12-year lease between MBIE and developers Willis Bond.

The Procurement guide to reducing carbon emissions in building and construction has been revised to include the requirement to use an approved sustainable building rating system for new government owned non-residential buildings from 1 April 2022.

Liz Palmer, NZGP’s Director Enabling Services describes how great data, increased and shared transparency, and a roadmap towards automating data availability, will help support a better and brighter future of procurement.

Here is the latest property-related information for government agencies.

The All-of-Government (AoG) banking services solution expires in June 2023, and a Registration of Interest (ROI) released today on GETS, represents the first of step in a multi-phase procurement process.