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for non-corporate Commonwealth entities, other than for procurements of construction services, the procurement threshold is $80,000;
       2. for prescribed corporate Commonwealth entities, other than for procurements of construction services, the procurement threshold is $400,000; or
        3. for procurements of construction services by relevant entities, the procurement threshold is $7.5 million.

Procurement methods

Method 1 – Open tender
    9.8             Open tender involves publishing an open approach to market and inviting submissions. This includes multi-stage procurements, provided the first stage is an open approach to market.

Method 2 – Limited tender
    9.9             Limited tender involves a relevant entity approaching one or more potential suppliers to make submissions, when the process does not meet the rules for open tender.
    9.10         For procurements at or above the relevant procurement threshold, limited tender can only be conducted in accordance with paragraph 10.3, or when a procurement is exempt as detailed in Appendix A.
    9.11         When conducting a limited tender in accordance with paragraph 9.10, the relevant exemption or limited tender condition must be reported on AusTender.

Procurement from existing arrangements

Procurements from standing offers
    9.12         Procurements from an existing standing offer are not subject to the rules in Division 2 of these CPRs. However, these procurements must comply with the rules in Division 1.
    9.13         Officials should report the original procurement method used to establish the standing offer when they report procurements from standing offers.
    9.14         To maximise competition, officials should, where possible, approach multiple potential suppliers on a standing offer.

Division 2: Additional rules for procurements at or above the relevant procurement threshold

    10.    Additional rules
    10.1         The rules set out in Division 2 are additional to those in Division 1 and must not be interpreted or applied in a manner that diminishes or negates Division 1.
    10.2         A procurement, except a procurement that is specifically exempt in accordance with Appendix A, is subject to the rules contained in Division 2 if the expected value of the procurement is at, or above, the relevant procurement threshold.

Conditions for limited tender
    10.3         A relevant entity must only conduct a procurement at or above the relevant procurement threshold through limited tender in the following circumstances:
       1. when, in response to an open approach to market
          1. no submissions, or no submissions that represented value for money, were received,
          2. no submissions that met the minimum content and format requirements for submission as stated in the request documentation were received, or
          3. no tenderers satisfied the conditions for participation,
       and the relevant entity does not substantially modify the essential requirements of the procurement; or
      b.      when, for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseen by the relevant entity, the goods and services could not be