| Treasurer’s Instruction No. | 1120 |
| Title | Procuring from Government Entities: goods and services |
| Effective date | 22 December 2006 |
| Objective and Background | Provides instruction and guidance on procuring from Government Entities - formerly Instruction 1106. |
| Version Number | 3 |
| Last Reviewed Date | November 2006 |
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Black letter (or bold) items within these Instructions are mandatory and other plain font items are instructional or for the purpose of providing guidance only.
| (1) | This instruction applies only to the procurement of goods and services and is to be read in conjunction with Instructions 1101 to 1124.
Further information, including a definition of "goods and services", can be found on the Buying for Government section of www.purchasing.tas.gov.au.
Refer to Instructions 1201 to 1229 for information in relation to procurement of building and construction and roads and bridges. |
| (2) | Agencies may procure goods and services directly from Tasmanian inner-Budget agencies without undertaking the prescribed procurement process. |
| (3) | In accordance with Instruction 1113, an external contractor must only be engaged when the options for sourcing the required goods and/or services from within the agency, or from another Tasmanian inner-Budget agency, have been fully considered. |
| (4) | Agencies must: |
 | (a) | obtain a quotation from the Printing Authority of Tasmania when purchasing printing services, prior to the allocation of any work; and |
| (b) | ensure that all arrangements where an agency intends to engage a private sector body to undertake advertising activities are conditional on the private sector body obtaining a quotation from the Printing Authority of Tasmania for any printing work required within the scope of that advertising activity. |
| (5) | When conducting tender or quotation processes, agencies must only accept offers from other government entities, including other Government Business Enterprises and State-owned Companies, where the price reflects full cost attribution, unless there are no private sector suppliers. If full cost attribution cannot be confirmed, then the offer must be declined.
Full cost attribution, also referred to as a full commercial cost basis under competitive neutrality conditions, ensures government entities recognise all of the costs which would normally be borne by the private sector, that is, direct costs plus overheads, taxes, fees and charges.
Further information on full cost attribution can be found in the Buying for Government section of www.purchasing.tas.gov.au, under Purchasing Framework (Purchasing Policies). |
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