Getting started

Explains how agencies must adhere to the five Principles of Government Procurement and the Government Procurement Charter.

Explains how agencies must safeguard the integrity of their procurement activities and processes.

States that agencies must give all suppliers an equal opportunity to take part and explains that agencies must not have offsets at any stage in the procurement process.

Explains that agencies must protect suppliers' confidential or commercially sensitive information and sets out the circumstances when this obligation will not apply.

Explains which agencies and organisations the Rules apply to.

Explains that the Rules apply to procurement processes for goods, services and refurbishment works that meet or exceed the relevant value threshold.

Explains that the Rules apply to procurement processes for new construction works that meet or exceed the relevant value threshold.

Explains the requirement on agencies to estimate the total monetary value of a procurement and what to consider when doing so.

Explains that agencies must not intentionally avoid applying the Rules.

Explains which types of contract the Rules apply to.

Lists the activities which are not considered being procurement activities, for the purposes of the Rules.

Explains the circumstances under which an agency may opt-out of applying all the Rules to a procurement activity.

Explains the requirement to openly advertise, when and how that should be done.

Explains the circumstances under which an agency may be exempt from the requirement to openly advertise.