Procurement

What good looks like: Procurement (short guide)

This guide is for governors and senior managers. It poses questions and provides some of the indicators that tell us whether your organisation meets our definition of what good looks like. We have designed this guide to help you work out whether you are sourcing goods and services effectively.

Applying procurement advice

Are you unsure how the Government’s rules and expectations around procurement practice apply to you as a senior manager or governor? As a complement to our What good looks like guide on procurement, you can read more practical advice about applying:

• the Government Procurement Rules;
• the Government’s expectations for broader outcomes in procurement;
• the Government’s progressive procurement policy.

Learning from procurement examples

Are you looking for practical examples that show how to follow the Government Procurement Rules? As a complement to our What good looks like guide on procurement, we brought together examples from a sample of public organisations in the interests of learning:

• from procurement policy audits.

More essential guidance

• Lessons in procurement and contract management (report)
  This report brings together what we have learned in recent years about tertiary education institutions’ (TEIs) procurement and contract management processes.

Page last updated: 5 December 2023