Procurement guidance
Procurement guidance is subject to ongoing reviews to reflect the Queensland Government’s procurement approach.
Before engaging in a procurement activity, please ensure you have reviewed the key Queensland Government procurement policies, frameworks and other resources.
Overarching guidance documents
- Accessibility compliance in procurement – ensuring accessibility for people with a disability
- Acknowledging government investment in public works and other procurement
- Best practice principles: Quality, safe workplaces
- Eliminating modern slavery in government supply chains
- Ending Domestic and Family Violence: Guidance for Government Buyers
- Enduring community value
- Ethical Supplier Mandate and Ethical Supplier Threshold
- For Buyers: Supporting local food and beverages
- Local benefits test
- Making responsible public procurement choices
- Managing cyber security in procurement guideline
- Optimising opportunities for local suppliers
- Probity and integrity in procurement
- Procurement related policies: guideline
- Procuring during an emergency
- Putting Queenslanders first when securing value for money
- Queensland Government Supplier Code of Conduct 2023
- Small and medium enterprise procurement target
- Social procurement resources
Planning
- Agency procurement planning
- Confidentiality provisions
- Determining insurance requirements in procurement
- Developing specifications
- Early market engagement in procurement - quick reference guide
- Engaging and managing consultants and indirect workers
- Integrate sustainability into procurement
- Outcomes-based procurement
- Planning for significant procurement
- Prequalifying suppliers
- Quality assurance handbook
- Supply market analysis
- Using probity auditors and advisors
Sustainable procurement product guides:
- Business machines
- Cleaning services
- Desktops, laptops and monitors (ICT products)
- Office paper
- Print services
Planning templates
Sourcing and evaluating
- Debriefing a supplier
- Establishing supply arrangements
- Evaluating offers
- Inviting offers
- Negotiating offers
- Reverse auctions
Sourcing and evaluating templates
- Award letter
- Due diligence and referee checklist
- Evaluation and recommendation report
- Evaluation plan
- Sourcing closure report
- Sourcing communication log
- Sourcing negotiation plan
- Sourcing specification
- Sourcing strategy
- Sourcing supplier feedback form
- Unsuccessful letter
- Verbal request for quote checklist
Managing
- Complaints management
- Contract disclosure guidelines
- Contract disclosure template
- Contract disclosure user manual
- Contract management resources
- Managing and monitoring supplier performance
Contact
If you have questions about our procurement guides, email betterprocurement@epw.qld.gov.au.