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Chapter 1 - Planning
It is important that contracting and other funding takes place within a structured contract management system. A key part of this is planning. Government agencies need to be clear about:
- Their overall objectives.
- The means to achieve those objectives.
- The population to which services are being supplied.
- The nature of the organisation the agency is likely to be dealing with, and the relationship they have with the organisation. Is it a community organisation? A Maori organisation? A commercial firm?
- The agency’s own contracting policies and capability.
- How to secure accountability for public money.
- The budget constraint the agency operates under, and is likely to operate under in the future.
- Risk management.
