1. New Rules summary (15 minute presentation) User instructions This ppt deck is designed to provide a basic presentation for internal use in your organisation. You can customise it to suit your agency and your audience. Please read carefully through the slides and make any changes you feel are appropriate. You will need to add information on slide 2 “the meeting name & date” You will need to customise slide 8 “our implementation plan”

2. Government Rules of Sourcing An overview Meeting name Meeting date

3. What are the Rules? Government Rules of Sourcing New Rules replace the Mandatory Rules of Procurement by Departments (2006) Endorsed by Cabinet Come into effect 1 October 2013

4. Why are the Rules important? Set the standard for procurement Strengthen accountability More consistent process Encourage commercial practice Get more suppliers involved in delivering to government

5. Who do the Rules apply to? Required Expected Encouraged Rule 6 Encouraged

6. When do they apply? Type of procurementValue threshold Goods Services Refurbishment works $100,000 + New construction works$10 million + Value thresholds have not changed. Rules 7 & 8

7. What does this mean for us?

8. Key changes Rules #1 = apply the Principles 10 day rule gone – new minimum time periods Allowable reductions can shorten time periods Evaluation criteria published in the tender Rank or weight criteria E-auctions Unsolicited unique proposal MBIE review of significant business cases

9. Our implementation plan ActionDate Attend MBIE briefingdate Notify staff – intranet campaigndate Update our policydate Brief managersdate Train procurement staffdate Rules ‘go live’date

10. Questions? ?