Standing Exemption from Public Quotation/Tender Process Period Contracts Existing and Other Government Period Contracts Across Government Contracts Agency Specific Period Contracts Other Government Period Contracts Panel Period Contracts Regional Councils Procurement Planning Strategic Procurement Planning Project Specific Procurement Planning Future Tender Opportunities Defining Supplies and Estimating their Values Defining Supplies Defining Assessment Criteria and Percentage Weightings Value of Supplies Value of Supplies under Lease, Hire or Financing Arrangements Contractor Accreditation Accreditation of sub-contractors Period Contracts Panel Period Contracts Supply and Install Contracts Pastoralists Request for Quotation/Tender Documentation Request for Quotation/Tender Request for Quotation/Tender Invitation Period Assessment Criteria and Percentage Weightings Conditions of Quoting/Tendering and Contract Value of Supplies to be in Australian Dollars and GST Inclusive Industry Participation Plans Local Benefit Advisory Panel Receipt and Admissibility of Quotations, Tenders & Appeals Receipt of Quotations/Tenders Confidentiality of Quotations/Tenders Admissibility for Assessment Appeals – Inadmissible Quotations/Tenders Ineligibility due to Bankruptcy, Insolvency/External Administrative Proceedings Conflicts of Interest Disclosure Quotation/Tender Assessment Quotation/Tender Assessments Conforming Quotations/Tenders Industry Participation Plans Conditional Quotations/Tenders Qualified Quotations/Tenders Alternative Quotations/Tenders Clarification of Quotations/Tenders Errors in Quotations/Tenders
Definitions Formatted for web compatibility Replaced definitions of “Agency Procurement Requisition Online System” with “Agency Purchase Requisition Online System”, “Agency Assessment Panel” with “Assessment Panel” and “Certificate of Exemption from Public Tendering” with “Certificate of Exemption”. Deleted definitions of Contract Variation, Delegated Officer, eLodgement and Market Testing and removed references to plurals. Amended to reflect Buy Local plan – new definition of Territory Enterprise 15 February 2016 Definitions Amended to reflect the Buy Local Plan – new definitions of the Local Benefit Advisory Panel, Local Benefit Commitments and the Northern Territory Public Sector Procurement Capability Strategy 18 April 2016
Table of Amendments Amendment Details Effective Date General Amend the application of Assessment Criteria to ensure it can be directly linked to the scope of Supplies to facilitate procurement outcomes Amended the reflect new Tier levels and Quotation requirements 30 March 2009 General Corrected references to Industry Capability Network (NT) Office to reflect name change Amendments to remove the use of acronyms in the Directions and maintain consistency in the use of defined terminology Removed duplication of the Direction in the following explanations Introduced a sixth Procurement Tier 1 July 2012 PO1.2 Added new Direction – Assessment Method covering the explanation and treatment of weighting price in assessments (this has resulted in consequential adjustments to Direction numbering) 1 July 2012 PO1.4 – PO1.6 New Directions associated with the introduction of Procurement Reforms changes 1 July 2012 PO1.9 – PO1.10 Applying explicit weighting on price and mandatory minimum 20% weighting for local development and value adding assessment criterion 1 July 2012 PO1.12 – PO1.15 Disclosure of Assessment Criteria Percentage Weightings for all procurement activity from Tier Three and greater (that is $50 000+) 1 July 2012 Assessment Criteria Changed criterion of “Whole of Life Costs” to “Price” Amendments to clarify considerations under each criterion including omitted treatment of Industry Procurement Plans under Local Development and Value Adding Criterion 1 July 2012 Attachment A Removed 1 July 2012 General Formatted for WCAG2.0 accessibility – changes to formatting, spelling, grammar and punctuation 1 January 2013 PO1.14 XIX Inserted to clarify the requirements for weighting Price 1 February 2013 PO1.13 – PO1.14 Corrected numbering error 20 March 2013 General Amended to reflect Procurement Reforms changes 1 July 2014
PO4.34 Deleted PO4.34 as it was repeated at PO4.35 with consequential renumbering 1 February 2013 PO4.33 II Inserted to clarify that IPPs are not required for Panel Contracts where individual contracts are to be awarded with an estimate value greater than $5m 1 February 2013 General Amended to reflect Procurement Reforms changes 1 July 2014 General Formatted for web compatibility Amended to reflect Buy Local plan - substituted “Local Development and Value Adding” with “Local Content” and increased minimum assessment weighting for Local Content to 25%. 15 February 2016 PO4.36 and PO4.37 PO4.2Ia and PO4.5II Industry Participation removed from PO4 and inserted into PO5 and PR6. Amended to reflect the Buy Local Plan – consideration of local supply markets and Local Benefit Commitments 18 April 2016
Table of Amendments Amendment Details Effective Date Multiple Replaced “Government Business Divisions” with “Northern Territory Government Business Divisions” 1 July 2010 Multiple Expanded the description of “Government and Semi-Government Organisations” to “Government owned businesses; Local, Territory, State and Federal Government Agencies and Authorities” 1 July 2010 Multiple Replaced “Tenders” with “Others” 1 July 2010 Multiple Included reference to Northern Territory Government Competitive Tendering Guidelines 1 July 2010 PO13.5 VI Exemption from competitively neutral pricing allowed for non-competitive processes 1 July 2010 General Formatted for WCAG2.0 accessibility – changes to formatting, spelling, grammar and punctuation 1 January 2013 General Amended to reflect Procurement Reforms changes 1 July 2014 PO13.1 & General Approval function for tendering by government agencies and authorities changed from PRB to Accountable Officer Restructured to increase readability and reduce duplication Updated GBD’s list and added Regional Council to PO13.2 II 16 November 2015 General Formatted for web compatibility 15 February 2016
PR 5.12 Amended to reflect Buy Local plan – substitute ‘Local Development and Value Adding’ with ‘Local Content” and increase mandatory minimum weighting of Local Content to 25%. 15 February 2016 General Amended to reflect Buy Local Plan including introduction of Local Benefit Commitments and the Local Benefit Advisory Panel. 18 April 2016
Table of Amendments Amendment Details Effective Date General Amendment to reflect Disclosure of Relative Percentage Weighting in Request for Tender documents for procurement activity at Tier Four and Tier Five levels, commencing with an estimated value of $200 000 and greater 30 March 2009 General Amended to remove duplication of Direction in following explanations and maintain consistency in the use of defined terminology Removed section on development of weightings to PO4 where it is relevant Amended to reflect Procurement Reforms change: Disclosure of Percentage Weighting for all procurement activity from Tier Three and greater (that is $50 000+) Introduced a sixth procurement Tier PR9 re-numbered PR10 consequential re-numbering throughout 1 July 2012 PR10.3 and PR10.8 Added as Direction formally stated as following explanations only 1 July 2012 General Formatted for WCAG2.0 accessibility – changes to formatting, spelling, grammar and punctuation 1 January 2013 General Changes required to implement 2014 Procurement Reforms 1 July 2014 General Formatted for web compatibility 15 February 2016 PR10.1 Amended to reflect Buy Local plan – substitute ‘Local Development and Value Adding’ with ‘Local Content” 15 February 2016