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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.

The supplier relationship management (SRM) toolkit introduces the key elements of supplier management and the value of implementing consistent and uniformed practices. Explore Part 2: Implementing the SRM toolkit.

We welcomed nine new procurement graduates who started their two-year journey in the procurement graduate programme last week.

The working title for the large programme of work that will position procurement for the future is Procurement 2.0. Some see it as a reset. The name is less important than the intention to collectively examine (and improve/elevate) the current government procurement system to meet future economic, social and environmental challenges.

The next reporting deadline is 1 March 2022 for broader outcomes, progressive procurement policy, procurement capability index and significant service contracts framework.

You can have better visibility of your strategic suppliers and highlight risks in supply chains, if you combine reporting on significant service contracts with supplier segmentation.

A huge thanks to everyone who took the time to respond to our 2021 Government Property Group (GPG) agency satisfaction survey. We really appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts with us.

A virtual meeting of over 250 government agency staff discussed the opportunity to shape the culture of government procurement to one that delivers outcomes that benefit New Zealanders.

New Zealand is not immune to acts of terrorism. The Christchurch terror attack in 2019 and the recent attack in Auckland on 3 September 2021 shows that a consistent approach to protecting our crowded places is needed.

New Zealand has moved from an elimination strategy to one of minimise and protect. The Government has introduced a new COVID-19 Protection Framework (traffic light system) to replace the Alert Level system.

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

We have recently published supplier management toolkits and guidance as part of the supplier management programme.

Hīkina, the learning platform for New Zealand Government Procurement and Government Property Group, continues to provide quality online training for government procurement and property professionals.

The All-of-Government (AoG) advertising services and design services panel refresh is now complete, and we have added 111 new providers across the two contracts.

In support of the Carbon Neutral Government Programme (CNGP), Cabinet has agreed that procurement mandated agencies use an approved sustainable building rating system for new government owned non-residential buildings from 1 April 2022.