Welcome to the web site of the State Procurement Board of South Australia.

The State Procurement Board (the Board) has been established by the State Procurement Act 2004.

The Board is leading the Government's procurement reform program, working closely with the Government Reform Commission.

The reform program supports South Australia's Strategic Plan by improving government decision-making, improving productivity and by reducing unnecessary 'red tape' from procurement processes.

The overall aim of the reform program is to establish confidence for all stakeholders that public authorities are using best-practice procurement to deliver better procurement outcomes. The program also ensures that public authorities use procurement strategically to achieve both agency program outcomes and the Government's objectives.

To support the reform program, the Board has developed a new policy framework and is promulgating various new policies and guidelines covering a range of important procurement topics including increased procurement authorities and streamlined approval processes.

This framework has enabled the Board to provide public authority chief executives with significantly higher new procurement authorities.

The Board is actively improving procurement capability within public authorities through the Procurement Capability Development program (pCAPd) and the Graduate Mobility program.

The Board has also initiated an ongoing program of information and consultation sessions with the supplier and business community and has undertaken surveys to improve relationships with Government.

The Board's priorities for 2007 to 2008 include the:

• further development and implementation of policies, guidelines and tools;
• development of a procurement measurement framework;
• implementation of greater common use arrangements at both across government and public authority level; and
• implementation of a communication strategy for engaging with relevant procurement stakeholders.

Be sure to check out the 'latest news' link for more recent developments.

Page Last Updated: 16 January, 2007