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Better Purchasing Guides

The 'Better Purchasing Guides' support the State Procurement Policy by providing information about current best practice procurement in the Queensland Government. The complete series features 28 stand-alone guides providing a valuable source of reference to help government officers with the processes involved in a broad range of procurement activities. The complete series is available as downloadable booklets from the list below.

New edition

Queensland Government Chief Procurement Office has launched review of the Better Purchasing Guides, first published in 2000.

The second edition’s roll out will be progressive. As they become available, titles released under the new edition will be flagged with ' ' in the list below.

Feedback

We are very interested in your evaluation of the Guides. Email: betterpurchasing@qgcpo.qld.gov.au to with any comments or feedback, and we will act on any frequent trends from readers.

Available titles (downloads)

In alphabetical order

PDF file size

 
10% Training Policy
1095kb
 
Advancing Government Priorities through Purchasing
898kb
 
Analysing Supply Markets for Purchasing
168kb
 
Conduct of Sample Surveys by Queensland Government Agencies
487kb
 
Corporate Procurement Planning
324kb
 
Developing 'Agency Purchasing Procedures'
261kb
 
Developing and Managing Arrangements with Suppliers
152kb
 
Developing Skills in Purchasing
156kb
 
Developing Specifications for Purchasing
162kb
 
Disposal of Government Plant and Equipment
134kb
 
Ethics, Probity and Accountability in Procurement 731kb  
Engaging and Managing Consultants
Revised definition for Consultants & Contractors
155kb
61kb
 
Evaluating Offers in Purchasing
144kb
 
How to do Business with the Queensland Government
112kb
 
Indigenous Employment Policy for Queensland Government Building and Construction Contracts
1160kb
 
Industrial Issues in Supplier Selection and Management
282kb
 
Intellectual Property in Purchasing
668kb
 
International Trade Obligations and Government Procurement
395kb 
Inviting Offers
291kb
 
Leasing in the Queensland Public Sector
162kb
 
Managing and Monitoring Suppliers' Performance
132kb
 
Managing Complaints about Purchasing
341kb
 
Negotiation in Purchasing
254kb
 
Planning for Significant Purchases
141kb
 
Prequalifying Suppliers
332kb
 
Queensland Government Quality Assurance Policy
307kb
 

Value for Money

179kb
 

Last updated June 2008

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