Chapter One: Introduction- About this booklet
- Financial Management Reform
- Legislative Requirements for Government Purchasing
Chapter Two: The Purchasing Function- Specialised Expertise
- Types of Purchasing System
- Delegation of Purchasing Authority
Chapter Three: The Purchasing Process
- Requisitioning
- Financial Approval
- Market Assessment
- Purchase Decision
- Ordering
- Delivery
- Receipting and Accounting for Goods and Services
- Received
- Payment
- Accounting System
Chapter Four: Purchasing Methods- Introduction
- Tendering
- Selective Purchase
- Emergency Purchasing
- Bulk Purchasing
- Period Contracts
- Indent Purchasing
Chapter Five: Tendering - Introduction
- Telephone Quotations
- Written Tenders
- Conditions of Tender - Specifications - Conditions of Contract - Evaluation Criteria
- Registration of Interest
- Opening and Registering Tenders
- Acceptance of Tenders
- Late Tenders
- Tender Evaluations
- Post-Tender Negotiations
- Awarding of Contracts
- Tender Debriefings
- Approved Suppliers
Chapter Six: Ordering and Delivery- Purchase Orders
- Follow-up
- Delivery
- Delivery Terms - Freight Contracts - Receipting and Accounting for Goods and - Services Received
- Payments
- Ethics
- Staff Purchasing Privileges
Appendix A: General Conditions of Contract Appendix B: Code of Purchasing Ethics
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