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related to procurement. These entities will collectively be referred to as relevant entities throughout the CPRs.
    2.3             Rules that must be complied with in undertaking procurement are denoted by the term 'must'. Non-corporate Commonwealth entities must report non-compliance with the rules of the CPRs through the Commonwealth's compliance reporting process. The term 'should' indicates good practice.
    2.4             The CPRs are the core of the procurement framework, which also includes:
       1. web-based guidance, developed by the Department of Finance (Finance) to assist entities to implement the procurement framework;
       2. Resource Management Guides, which advise of key changes and developments in the procurement framework; and
        3. templates, such as the Commonwealth Contracting Suite, which simplify and streamline processes, creating uniformity across Commonwealth contracts to reduce the burden on businesses when contracting with the Commonwealth.
    2.5             An Accountable Authority may use Accountable Authority Instructions to set out
    entity-specific operational rules to ensure compliance with the rules of the procurement framework.
    2.6             These CPRs do not apply to the extent that an official applies measures determined by their Accountable Authority (or an official to whom the Accountable Authority delegates the power to determine such measures) to be necessary for the maintenance or restoration of international peace and security, to protect human health, for the protection of essential security interests, or to protect national treasures of artistic, historic or archaeological value.[1] [2]

Procurement
    2.7             Procurement is the process of acquiring goods and services. It begins when a need has been identified and a decision has been made on the procurement requirement. Procurement continues through the processes of risk assessment, analysis of markets and their supply chains, seeking and evaluating alternative solutions and the awarding and reporting of a contract.
    2.8             In addition to the acquisition of goods and services by a relevant entity for its own use, procurement includes the acquisition of goods and services on behalf of another relevant entity or a third party.
    2.9             Procurement does not include:
       1. grants (whether in the form of a contract, conditional gift or deed);[3]
      b.      investments (or divestments);
      c.      sales by tender;
      d.      loans;
      e.      procurement of goods and services for resale or procurement of goods and services used in the production of goods for resale;
      f.        any property right not acquired through the expenditure of relevant money (for example, a right to pursue a legal claim for negligence);
      g.      statutory appointments;
      h.      appointments made by a minister using the executive power (for example, the appointment of a person to an advisory board);
      i.         the engagement of employees, such as under the Public Service Act 1999, the Parliamentary Services Act 1999, a relevant entity's enabling legislation or the common law concept of employment; or
      j.         arrangements