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News
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Expressions of Interest for Community of Practice – Common process model
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New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) awards Maritime Fleet Sustainment Service contract – Hāpai Taua Manuao to Babcock New Zealand
New Zealand Government Procurement’s Commercial Pool works alongside existing government teams to support their important commercial projects.
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New branding, wayfinding and signage guidance goes live
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.
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Open syndicated panel available to facilitate adoption of eInvoicing
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.
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What eInvoicing means for government contracts
eInvoicing continues to be adopted across New Zealand with many businesses and the wider government sector progressively becoming enabled to send and receive eInvoices.
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Office furniture contract return to market
The Government Property Group (GPG) Common Capability office furniture contract has returned to market.
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Highlights of the 2021 All-of-Government agency satisfaction survey
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.
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MBIE and Government Property Group teams collaborate on Blue Mountains Campus lease
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.
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First stage of the requirement to use a sustainable building rating system has commenced
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.
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Great data – a road that will be more travelled
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.
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COVID-19 property update – for agencies
Here is the latest property-related information for government agencies.
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All-of-Government Banking services – Registration of Interest
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.
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Implementing supplier relationship management toolkit
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.
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Procurement graduate programme - seeking expressions of interest from agencies
We welcomed nine new procurement graduates who started their two-year journey in the procurement graduate programme last week.
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Positioning procurement for the future – what is in a name?
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.
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Spotlight on reporting – Agency reporting for March 2022
The next reporting deadline is 1 March 2022 for broader outcomes, progressive procurement policy, procurement capability index and significant service contracts framework.
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Managing suppliers under the 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.
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Highlights of the 2021 Government Property Group agency satisfaction survey
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.
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Positioning procurement for the future
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.
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Protecting our crowded places from attack – New Zealand’s strategy
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.
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Contract management guidance for government agencies requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for access to their premises
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.
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COVID-19 procurement update – for agencies
Here is the latest procurement-related information for government agencies.
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Supplier management toolkits
We have recently published supplier management toolkits and guidance as part of the supplier management programme.
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Hīkina learning platform has been updated
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.
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New providers for the advertising and design services panels
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.
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Sustainable building standards for new government owned non-residential buildings
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.
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Construction Sector Accord publishes new broader outcomes guidance
The Construction Sector Accord has published new guidance to help government buyers and industry suppliers apply broader outcomes in construction procurement.
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Construction Sector Accord: Launch of NZS 3910 construction contract review
A review of New Zealand’s most commonly used construction contract – NZS 3910 – seeks a reduction in the use of special conditions, increased transparency on risk and easier documentation.
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Improving accessibility in the workplace
A drive to create a better public service for New Zealanders means we are making our services accessible to all.
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Minimum living wage for public service department cleaners, caterers and security guards
From 1 December 2021, the core public service departments and departmental agencies are directed to implement a minimum living wage rate for cleaners, caterers and security guards for new or renegotiated service contracts.