Australian Capital Territory

Government Procurement (Approved Procurement Units) Guideline 2002 (No 1)

Disallowable instrument DI2002-57

Explanatory Statement

Outline

The Government Procurement Act 2001 (the Act) established the Government Procurement Board whose functions include the development, implementation and review of policies and practices for the procurement of goods, services and works by Territory entities.
Section 7 of the Act allows the Board to make procurement guidelines prescribing policies and practices that must be observed in the procurement of goods, services and works.
Subsection 7 (4) of the Act states that a procurement guideline is a disallowable instrument.

Details of the Government Procurement (Approved Procurement Units) Guideline 2002 (No 1)

This instrument prescribes the requirement for each Territory entity to establish an Approved Procurement Unit (APU), the procedures for applying to the Board for approval of a procurement unit, the levels in terms of risk and monetary value of APUs, the roles and functions of APUs, and the requirement for referral of procurement proposals to the Board.
This instrument applies to Territory entities except those established as corporations under the Corporations Act 2001(Cth) and those that have applied and been exempted by the Board.
This instrument replaces the previous procurement guideline, Disallowable Instrument 214 of 2001, date 7 August 2001 and gazetted on 8 August 2001.