Information about the Procurement System for Construction can now be found on the new NSW Procurement website. Information on this site will be available until 30 January 2010 at which time the site will be closed.

The NSW Department of Services, Technology and Administration (formerly the Department of Commerce) provides the NSW Government Procurement System for Construction for use by NSW Government agencies that are not accredited as capable of procuring the capital works under the Agency Accreditation Scheme for Construction Projects announced via the NSW Treasury Circular TC 04/07.

The NSW Government Procurement System for Construction contains contract templates, procurement practice guides and tools under the following classifications:

• Procurement method selection  
• Standard form contract documents 
• Service provider selection  
• Contract management  
• Performance management 
• Dispute resolution

The following Procurement eBooks contain comprehensive listings and links to:

Procurement Phases and Process Steps

The following links provide access to most instrument templates, guidelines, tools and services for various process steps involved with the procurement planning and delivery phases for capital works.

Procurement Planning Phase:

• Service Demand Identification

• Service Delivery Options

• Justification of Proposed Option

• Project Definition 

Procurement Delivery Phase:

• Procurement Strategy

• Specification

• Service Provider Selection

• Implementation

• Post Implementation (including Operation and Evaluation steps)