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We are seeking expressions of interest from public sector procurement leaders to form a Community of Practice.

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.

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.

The Construction Sector Accord has published new guidance to help government buyers and industry suppliers apply broader outcomes in construction procurement.

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.

A drive to create a better public service for New Zealanders means we are making our services accessible to all.

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.