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A Guide to the Management of Departmental Purchasing (1991)

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  • A Guide to the Management of Departmental Purchasing
  • Published: 1 Jan 1991
  • Status: Not Current - Reference Only
  • Author: The Treasury
  • Hard copy: Available in PDF format only. HTML available on request from info@treasury.govt.nz.
  • Persistent URL for bibliographic use:
    http://purl.oclc.org/nzt/g-dp
     

    A Guide to the Management of Departmental Purchasing

    Published 1 Jan 1991
    Page updated 6 Aug 2012

    This document is now out-of-date and provided for reference only. Please see www.procurement.govt.nz for guidance on all aspects of government procurement.

     

    Contents

    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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