❓ A WA parliamentary question regarding changes to procurement policies and the use of common user contracts by government departments and agencies. The government denies altering the policies but acknowledges exceptions.
AnsweredQoN 8233Legislative Assembly
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(1) Has the State Government altered the procurement policies that were in place under the previous government requiring Western Australian departments and agencies to draw off common user contracts for procurement strategies?
(2) Why are Western Australian government departments and agencies now separately advertising for goods and services outside the common user contracts which were previously in place?
(2) Why are Western Australian government departments and agencies now separately advertising for goods and services outside the common user contracts which were previously in place?
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Answered
7 August 2012
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Finance
Response time
49 days
(1) No.
(2) The Liberal National Government continues to require its government departments and agencies to adhere to common user arrangements. There are however, instances an agency may procure outside of these agreements. These include:
· Some Common Use Arrangements (CUAs) are non-mandatory and, therefore, an agency may choose to advertise for goods and/or services if the CUA does not meet the agency's unique requirements.
· CUAs are generally non-mandatory in regional areas and a government agency may choose to source its goods and services from the local regional area if the CUA does not meet the agency's regional requirements.
· There are some CUAs where a gap may temporarily exist, e.g. due to changing technology, and for reasons of urgency, agencies will procure outside of the CUA until the scope of the CUA is amended to reflect the new technology.
· Some CUAs which were previously in place may not now exist due to the changing needs of government agencies.
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(2) The Liberal National Government continues to require its government departments and agencies to adhere to common user arrangements. There are however, instances an agency may procure outside of these agreements. These include:
· Some Common Use Arrangements (CUAs) are non-mandatory and, therefore, an agency may choose to advertise for goods and/or services if the CUA does not meet the agency's unique requirements.
· CUAs are generally non-mandatory in regional areas and a government agency may choose to source its goods and services from the local regional area if the CUA does not meet the agency's regional requirements.
· There are some CUAs where a gap may temporarily exist, e.g. due to changing technology, and for reasons of urgency, agencies will procure outside of the CUA until the scope of the CUA is amended to reflect the new technology.
· Some CUAs which were previously in place may not now exist due to the changing needs of government agencies.
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