Mandated agencies need to submit regular reports.
Reporting is important because it informs policy and improves the visibility of procurement data. Your reporting helps to identify public value. It also helps all government agencies track how they’re doing and measure improvement over time.
There are four priority outcomes that mandated agencies must consider when doing procurement.
These are:
More detail on these is at Broader outcomes.
Some information about your agency's commitment to all of these outcomes is captured when you register procurement activity on GETS.
More detailed reporting on the first, third and fourth outcomes comes from the collection tools detailed below.
Agencies must consider how they can create opportunities for New Zealand businesses, including Māori, Pasifika and regional businesses, as well as social enterprises. Progressive procurement is one of the initiatives in place to support this outcome. The progressive procurement policy specifically supports Māori businesses.
Learn more about this policy or visit Te Puni Kōkiri’s website.
Increasing access for New Zealand businesses
Progressive procurement — Te Puni Kōkiri
All mandated agencies must report on their progress against an 8% target of their relevant annual procurement contracts awarded to Māori businesses.
You need to provide information on contracts awarded to Māori businesses within each financial year.
1 March and 1 October.
Use this tool to report on your agency’s total annual procurement contracts awarded to Māori businesses.
If you would like a copy of the most recent New Zealand Business Number Māori business identifier (MBI) data to help with this, email the Procurement team.
Purchase orders with Māori businesses can be included in reporting. A business can only be counted once in any 12-month reporting period for the same goods or services, as would be the case if there was an ongoing formal contract to provide goods and services.
If purchase orders are also used to calculate the total number of contracts awarded or active, make sure businesses are not counted multiple times for the same goods or service.
The latest report and case studies can be found at Te Puni Kōkiri:
Buyers (government agencies) — Te Puni Kōkiri
Agencies must ensure suppliers and their sub-contractors comply with employment standards, and health and safety requirements.
You’ll need to provide:
1 March and 1 October.
Use this template for reporting on improving worker conditions for designated contracts in cleaning, forestry and security.
The New Zealand Government is committed to achieving positive environmental outcomes through sustainable procurement by buying low emissions and low waste goods, services and works.
Your agency’s transition to electric vehicles falls under this fourth outcome. Detailed information on this initiative is captured in your agency’s EV transition plan.
To help agencies achieve the Government’s goals for reduced emissions, you are required to prepare a fleet optimisation and transition plan. You are also required to submit a data collection form summarising projected changes in fleet size.
This is collected yearly. The latest round was due on 3 October 2023.
The Procurement Capability Index (PCI) is a tool that measures agencies' procurement capability. All mandated agencies must rate their capability on a scale of 1 - 4 within a range of specified areas – for example, planning, governance, and risk management. Agencies can provide evidence to support these scores.
1 October.
Read the guide to the questions asked, what the scores mean, and what kind of evidence can be provided:
Publishing future procurement opportunities (FPO) on Government Electronic Tender Service (GETS) lets businesses understand the pipeline of potential work coming from buyers and prepare in advance.
FPOs replaced Annual Procurement Plans (APPs) in October 2020.
An FPO is not a commitment to proceed with the procurement; it signals intended future activity to the market. Once the procurement opportunity is realised and advertised, the RFx can be linked to the FPO. This allows suppliers to continue tracking your procurement.
You do not need to use an FPO for secondary procurements. Secondary procurements are where an agency buys goods or services under existing panel arrangements, like All-of-Government or syndicated contracts.
Agencies are not required to submit significant service contract (SSC) reports until further notice.
A historical record of what reporting was previously collected under this framework is still available.