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A Guide to the Management of Departmental Purchasing (1991)

Publication Details

  • 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

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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