International trade agreement obligations
The Queensland Government is a party to two trade agreements which have specific Government Procurement provisions:
The Australia New Zealand Government Procurement Agreement (ANZGPA)
The Queensland Government is a signatory, along with all other Australian States and Territories and New Zealand to the Australia New Zealand Government Procurement Agreement. The ANZGPA is a cooperative arrangement which recognises the benefits to Australian and New Zealand industry of treating Australia and New Zealand as a single market for government procurement. The Agreement provides the opportunity for Australian and New Zealand suppliers to compete on an equal and transparent basis for government contracts in the Commonwealth, States, Territories and New Zealand. The agreement ensures the absence of practices that discriminate against Australian and New Zealand suppliers.
The full version of the ANZGPA is available on the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade website under the heading 'Government Assistance and Purchasing'.
The Australia-United-States Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA)
The Queensland Government is a signatory to the Government Procurement chapter of the Australia-United-States Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA).
Since 1 January 2005, Queensland Government agencies have been required to comply with the Agreement which has a core purpose of non-discrimination in the conduct of government procurement for all goods and services of $679,000 or more and for all construction services over $9,570,000. The non-discrimination provision requires the agencies nominated by the Queensland Government to afford the suppliers, goods and services of the United States the same treatment that applies to domestic suppliers, goods and services. Goods and services over these thresholds are ‘covered procurements’ under the agreement.
List of agencies subject to AUSFTA (PDF, 16kb)
For details of the provisions and how they apply to Queensland Government agencies, see the Queensland Government agencies AUSFTA and Queensland government procurement (PDF, 44kb).
The full version of the AUSFTA is available on the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade website.
Last updated June 2008
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