Guidance

Procurement Act 2023 guidance documents - Define phase

These documents are intended to provide technical guidance and help with interpretation and understanding of the Procurement Act 2023.

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24 May 2024
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Guidance: Valuation of Contracts (PDF)

PDF, 216 KB, 7 pages

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Guidance: Valuation of Contracts (HTML)

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Guidance: Thresholds (PDF)

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Guidance: Thresholds (HTML)

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Guidance: Mixed Procurement (PDF)

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Guidance: Mixed Procurement (HTML)

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Guidance: Planned Procurement Notice (PDF)

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Guidance: Planned Procurement Notice (HTML)

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Guidance: Preliminary Market Engagement (PDF)

PDF, 325 KB, 10 pages

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Guidance: Preliminary Market Engagement (HTML)

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Guidance: Technical Specifications (PDF)

PDF, 479 KB, 10 pages

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Guidance: Technical Specifications (HTML)

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Guidance: Direct Award (PDF)

PDF, 500 KB, 15 pages

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Guidance: Direct Award (HTML)

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Guidance: Competitive Tendering Procedures (PDF)

PDF, 1.03 MB, 26 pages

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Guidance: Competitive Tendering Procedures (HTML)

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Guidance: Below-Threshold Contracts (PDF)

PDF, 369 KB, 11 pages

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Guidance: Below-Threshold Contracts (HTML)

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Guidance: Frameworks (PDF)

PDF, 528 KB, 18 pages

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Guidance: Frameworks (HTML)

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Guidance: Dynamic Markets (PDF)

PDF, 461 KB, 9 pages

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Guidance: Dynamic Markets (HTML)

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Guidance: Lots (PDF)

PDF, 423 KB, 6 pages

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Guidance: Lots (HTML)

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Guidance: Treaty State Suppliers (PDF)

PDF, 458 KB, 7 pages

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Guidance: Treaty State Suppliers (HTML)

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Guidance: Conflicts of Interest (PDF)

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Guidance: Conflicts of Interest (HTML)

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These documents are intended to provide technical guidance and help with interpretation and understanding of the Procurement Act 2023.

Updates to this page

Published 24 May 2024
Last updated 10 October 2025 + show all updates

  1. Added guidance links to the document: Guidance: Mixed Procurement

  2. Added guidance links to the document: Guidance: Thresholds

  3. Added guidance links to the document: Guidance: Valuation of Contracts

  4. Added guidance links to the document: Guidance: Preliminary Market Engagement

  5. Guidance: Valuation of Contracts - edits to paragraphs 6-9

  6. Slight formatting tweaks to Guidance: Valuation of Contracts

  7. Updated the documents: Dynamic Markets: 'updated to clarify position in relation to applicability of statutory requirement to have regard to the NPPS.' Frameworks: 'updated to clarify position in relation to applicability of statutory requirement to have regard to the NPPS.'

  8. Added the documents: Guidance: Lots Guidance: Treaty State Suppliers Guidance: Conflicts of Interest

  9. Added the documents: Guidance: Frameworks Guidance: Dynamic Markets

  10. Added the document: Guidance: Below-Threshold Contracts

  11. Added the documents: - Direct Award - Competitive Tendering Procedures

  12. First published.

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