Attachment A: Reporting Requirements under the Indigenous Procurement Policy Timing Commonwealth reporting obligations (by PM&C) Portfolio reporting obligations (some of these obligations may be devolved to individual Commonwealth entities within the portfolio) Contractor reporting obligations Target for purchasing from Indigenous enterprises PM&C public reporting – annual Portfolio manual reporting on contracts outside of AusTender – six monthly Annual publication of the Commonwealth’s target, and individual portfolio targets, for purchasing from Indigenous enterprises. Annual publication of performance by the Commonwealth and portfolios of the number and value of contracts awarded to Indigenous enterprises. Periodic publication of case studies to highlight better practice Indigenous supplier use. Reporting of contracts on AusTender in accordance with the Commonwealth Procurement Rules. Portfolios are encouraged to also report those contracts with Indigenous enterprises which are not required to be reported on AusTender. If the portfolio chooses to include the following types of contracts in its performance against the target, the portfolio must manually report the number and value of the following types of contracts to PM&C on a six monthly basis: Subcontracts; Contracts valued at less than $10,000; Contracts with Indigenous enterprises that are not registered with Supply Nation. Portfolios may require contractors to report on Indigenous supplier use, to subcontracts to be counted towards the portfolio’s target.
Mandatory set-aside Six monthly Publication every six months of: The total number of contracts reported on AusTender in the previous six months that are valued from $80,000 to $200,000; and The total number of these contracts that are awarded to Indigenous enterprises that are registered with Supply Nation. The number of Remote Procurements conducted across the Commonwealth and the number of Remote Contracts that are awarded to Indigenous SMEs. Contracts valued between $80,000 and $200,000 Report contracts on AusTender in accordance with the Commonwealth Procurement Rules. Remote Procurements On a six monthly portfolios must manually report to PM&C: The number of Remote Procurements conducted by the portfolio; and The number of Remote Contracts that were awarded to Indigenous SMEs. Nil
Mandatory minimum requirements for Indigenous participation PM&C publicly report on a six monthly basis PM&C report on the number of new contracts subject to mandatory minimum requirements, including the: of the contract; Term of the contract; Good/service type being purchased. Report to PM&C every six months: For each new contract subject to mandatory minimum requirements, the following information: Contracting entities; Value of the contract; Term of the contract; Good/service type; and Minimum requirement applied in the contract. For each contract subject to mandatory minimum requirements, whether the contractor is compliant with the agreed Indigenous Participation Plan. At least quarterly report to the contract manager on the contractor’s compliance with its Indigenous Participation Plan. Final report on compliance with the Indigenous Participation Plan and the mandatory minimum requirements.