E-procurement Guidance for Agencies
Assisting agencies trade electronically with their suppliers
Overview
Australian Government agencies are implementing e-procurement to improve the way they do business with their suppliers. The Commonwealth Electronic Procurement Implementation Strategy [
], April 2000, set two goals for Australian Government agencies:
- to pay all suppliers electronically by the end of 2000; and
- to be able to trade electronically with all simple procurement suppliers that wished to do so, using open standards, by the end of 2001.
Australian Government agencies have made considerable progress in implementing e-Payment systems, with two-thirds of agencies paying most of their suppliers electronically. Most agencies have at least a basic e-procurement capability and are doing some online purchasing, generally from a few major suppliers. Some agencies are using more sophisticated e-procurement facilities.
Guidance for agencies
Finance (AGIMO) has produced a number of publications to assist agencies with implementing e-procurement.
Strategic Guide to e-Procurement
The Guide is designed to assist and encourage agencies to develop e‑procurement options, understand business cases, and develop e‑procurement plans that suit their needs and the needs of their suppliers.
Checklist for Developing an e-procurement Strategy [] Version 1.0
a Checklist intended to help agencies understand the process and challenges involved in developing an e‑procurement strategy.
Expected outcomes of each stage including the initiation, requirements definition, solution identification and implementation planning stages of an e-procurement project.
Better Practice Checklist for e‑Payment []
a Checklist to assist agencies improve their performance when paying suppliers electronically.
This Checklist discusses agency requirements for making e‑Payment; how to collect suppliers' bank account details; when to confirm supplier bank account details; strategies to encourage suppliers to accept e‑Payment; when to provide remittance advice to suppliers; and how some agencies are providing remittance advice.
Coordinating activities with jurisdictions
Finance (AGIMO) is working with other jurisdictions through the Australian Procurement and Construction Council (APCC) [] and the Cross Jurisdictional Chief Information Officers Committee (CJCIOC) to promote a coordinated approach to government e-procurement and interoperability between agencies, vendors and suppliers through an open standards based approach.
Contact details
For further information, contact the ICT Procurement Team by emailing ictprocurement@finance.gov.au
Contact for information on this page: ictprocurement@finance.gov.au