Page 3441 - Week 10 - Thursday, 20 October 2022
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As part of this, I am pleased to announce that the ACT government has now released an accreditation program to ensure that directorates and agencies undertaking goods and services procurement are properly supported to make good procurement decisions. The accreditation program provides a robust evaluation process that is supported by an independent governance body to review each territory entity’s capacity and capability to manage its procurements.
The accreditation program is aligned with the scale, scope and risk of the procurement to ensure that high-risk and high-value procurements are provided with additional centralised support. The accreditation program allows territory entities to seek the highest level of accreditation as a lead buyer for categories of procurements. This will help the ACT government to maximise its buying potential and expertise.
The government will be piloting the accreditation program and working with territory entities to commence development of the governance and infrastructure to support the program. The pilot will be used to shape the accreditation program, ensuring that all procurements are supported—from planning right through to contract closure. The pilot will include territory entities that are frequent procurers, as well as smaller territory entities. This ensures that, once fully rolled out, no procurement is left behind and the tiered support services are sufficient, regardless of the accreditation level.
We have also delivered a tiered service delivery model which provides enhanced services to support procurement. This includes additional advisory services to provide specialised support and advice on probity and contract management, to ensure that territory entities are supported in their procurements right through to managing their contracts. The new tiered services also give confidence to delegates that their procurement processes are being managed in accordance with the procurement framework.
As work continues, I look forward to updating the Assembly on how the tiered services delivery model and the accreditation program can be applied across all categories of procurement.
The government has also released a road map to support the development of work to deliver an end-to-end procurement ICT system for the ACT government. Integrating our procurement ICT systems to enhance our data analytics capabilities will provide the evidence base required to inform new procurement decisions, track our policy objectives and measure the success of our procurements and contracts.
These are important first steps, and we are building upon the benefits that have already been provided to government and those who are tendering for ACT government contracts. Through to 31 December this year, procurement reform will focus on operationalising and the implementation of these first steps, and will begin further development and review of our procurement legislation and policies.
The procurement capability framework will also be operationalised to identify the capabilities required for all levels of the ACT government’s procurement workforce, aligning with the ACT public service’s capability frameworks. It is intended for use by those undertaking procurement and contract management activities as part of their
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