The Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs) place a requirement on officials to consider the economic benefit of a procurement to the Australian economy in the context of determining value for money for higher value procurements.
Following a public consultation process, revised guidance on the consideration of broader economic benefits to the Australian economy has been released.
Public Consultation Submissions
The Department of Finance invited any interested parties to provide their comments and suggestions for consideration in the development of revised guidance on the consideration of economic benefits to the Australian economy.
The following written submissions were provided as part of the consultation process, and have received appropriate consent from the submitters to be published.
- View the submission from Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO)
- View the submission from Aspen Medical
- View the submission from Australian Information Industry Association
- View the submission from Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals (BCCM)
- View the submission from Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU)
- View the submission from Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
- View the submission from Digital Health CRC
- View the submission from Dilin Duwa Centre for Indigenous Business Leadership - The University of Melbourne
- View the submission from Electric Trades Union of Australia (ETU)
- View the submission from European Union Delegation to Australia
- View the submission from Pathology Technology Australia
- View the submission from Small Business Development Corporation - Government of Western Australia
- View the submission from Social Traders
- View the submission from Tech Council
- View the submission from Technology One Limited
- View the submission from Vault Cloud Pty Ltd
Consultation Process
Public consultation on updating the guidance opened on 4 June 2024 and closed on 3 July 2024. The consultation paper is available in the download section.
The purpose of the consultation was to further update and strengthen the existing guidance, to support both procuring officials and suppliers with the practical implementation of the requirements relating to economic benefits, while staying within the boundaries of our international government procurement commitments.
Further enquiries can be submitted to ProcurementAgencyAdvice@finance.gov.au.
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Public Consultation - Consideration of Broader Economic Benefits in Procurement
