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judicial decision against them (not including decisions under appeal) relating to employee entitlements and who have not satisfied any resulting order. Officials should seek declarations from all tenderers confirming that they have no such unsettled orders against them.
    6.9             If a complaint about procurement is received, relevant entities must apply timely, equitable and non-discriminatory complaint-handling procedures, including providing acknowledgement soon after the complaint has been received. Relevant entities should aim to manage the complaint process internally, when possible, through communication and conciliation.

Judicial Review
    6.10         For the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition of relevant Commonwealth Procurement Rules in section 4 of the Government Procurement (Judicial Review) Act 2018, the following paragraphs of Division 1 of these CPRs are declared to be relevant provisions: paragraphs 4.18, 5.4, 6.7, 7.2, 7.10, 7.13 – 7.18, 7.20, and 9.3 – 9.6.

Commonwealth Contracts
    6.11         Non-corporate Commonwealth entities must use the Commonwealth Contracting Suite for contracts under $200,000. Corporate Commonwealth entities are encouraged to apply the suite of templates.[10]
    6.12         Relevant entities must incorporate the Commonwealth Supplier Code of Conduct into all Commonwealth forms of contract.
       1. An Accountable Authority (or an official to whom the Accountable Authority delegates the power to determine such measures) may determine that a contract should not include the Commonwealth Supplier Code of Conduct, in part or in full, and document the basis for this decision.

    7.            Accountability and transparency
    7.1             The Australian Government is committed to ensuring accountability and transparency in its procurement activities. Accountability means that officials are responsible for the actions and decisions that they take in relation to procurement and for the resulting outcomes. Transparency involves relevant entities taking steps to enable appropriate scrutiny of their procurement activity. The fundamental elements of accountability and transparency in procurement are outlined in this section.

Records
    7.2             Officials must maintain for each procurement a level of documentation commensurate with the scale, scope and risk of the procurement.
    7.3             Documentation should provide accurate and concise information on:
       1. the requirement for the procurement;
      b.      the process that was followed;
      c.      how value for money was considered and achieved;
      d.      relevant approvals; and
      e.      relevant decisions and the basis of those decisions.
    7.4             Relevant entities must have access to evidence of agreements with suppliers, in the form of one or a combination of the following documents: a written contract, a purchase order, an invoice or a receipt.
    7.5             Documentation must be retained in accordance with the Archives Act 1983.

AusTender
    7.6             AusTender[11], the Australian Government's procurement information system, is a centralised web-based facility that publishes a range of information, including relevant entities' planned procurements, open tenders and key details of contracts awarded. It also supports secure electronic tendering to