Government e-Procurement
Assisting agencies and their suppliers to trade electronically.
Overview
e-Commerce is the use of the Internet to buy and sell goods and services. e-Commerce is changing the way in which organisations do business, resulting in streamlined purchasing processes and lowering the cost of transacting for both large and small companies.
The Australian Government is committed to moving to e-commerce for procurement. For simple procurement (purchase of commodities, usually from catalogues or pre-arranged contracts), it is Government policy that agencies should be able to trade electronically with all suppliers that wish to do so, using open standards.
To support complex procurement (purchase of complex or strategic requirements, usually via a tendering process), the Australian Government AusTender [
] system has been implemented. It is also Government policy to pay suppliers electronically.
Agency enablement – Finance (AGIMO) has developed several documents providing e-procurement guidance for agencies. Case studies drawing on the experience of leading agencies are also available through the e-procurement Demonstration Implementations.
Supplier enablement - Where appropriate, Finance (AGIMO) will provide suppliers with guidance on trading electronically with Government. In 2002 as part of the Government's Small Business Assistance package, NOIE developed "Doing Business Online with Government" - a guide for suppliers to trade electronically with Commonwealth Government agencies. As this document is still relevant it has been retained by Finance (AGIMO) for the benefit of suppliers.
Publications
On 15 June 2006, Special Minister of State the Hon Mr Gary Nairn released the 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.
Finance (AGIMO) has completed two reports on e-procurement in government, which describe various approaches and key lessons learnt from e-procurement projects.
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