These bodies offer thought leadership in the procurement and contract management discipline:
- Procurement Leadership Council (Gartner) – corporate membership is affordable for larger agencies and delivers enterprise access to a comprehensive range of services
- International Association for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM) – corporate membership is affordable and pricing is scaled to the desired number of users
- International Federation of Purchasing and Supply Management (IFPSM) - corporate membership is affordable (through Comprara) and delivers enterprise access to a comprehensive range of services including an extensive suite of eLearning
- Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) - corporate membership is affordable and delivers access to a comprehensive range of services and subsidised access to events.
Procurement Leadership Council (Gartner)
This membership offers access to:
- research for procurement roles
- best practice guides and decision support
- peer benchmarks and case studies
- tools and templates
- key diagnostics
- expert inquiry
- webinars and online learning
- live and virtual stream events.
These agencies have an enterprise membership to Gartner:
- Housing and Public Works
- Queensland Health
- Transport and Main Roads
- Education.
If you’re in one of those agencies, you can access these resources through the Gartner websites and creating an account using your work email address.
Once you have created your account, you can:
- set up alerts for topics of interest
- explore the resources available
- download content of interest.
International Association for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM)
Public Safety Business Agency (PSBA) has a current membership with IACCM. Their staff have access to:
- contract and commercial management training
- benchmarking
- research
- networking.
If your agency is not a member
If your agency does not have membership to a thought leader body and you need to access best practice research, email skills2procure@hpw.qld.gov.au for assistance.
Want more information?
Email Skills2Procure@hpw.qld.gov.au for any questions about procurement and contract management learning and development.
The Office of the Chief-Advisor Procurement has access to a range of research, tools, guides, and papers across many aspects of procurement and contract management lifecycle.
