Back in May the Office of the Auditor-General wrote to Queenstown Lakes District Council over concerns raised about its procurement of services from a consultancy...
Contracts, RFTs and Response Forms are all important components of a robust procurement and contract management process. But with multiple options to choose from, confusion...
By Peter Silcock, chief executive, Civil Contractors New Zealand. I’d like you to consider two situations. In the first, Contractor A wins a local government...
Dos and don’ts for senior managers and elected members By Caroline Boot NZ Procurement & Probity Services and Richard Kettelwell, Sharp Tudhope Lawyers. Effective...
They’re flavour of the year, supposed to reduce tendering costs and hassle. But the reality is that supplier panels often don’t work well for either...
Caroline Boot from Clever Buying explains what the changes mean. Amendments to the NZTA’s Procurement Manual have just been released and will come into effect...
By Peter Silcock, chief executive, Civil Contractors New Zealand With investment in infrastructure topping $11 billion a year, more and more clients are saying that...