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Procurement

Ensuring value, accountability, and social responsibility in procurement for Victoria's emergency services.

ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½â€™s procurement policy aligns with the Victorian Government Purchasing Board (VGPB) supply policies for goods and services.

Procurement of construction activity by ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ is managed according to the Project Development Construction and Management Act 1994 (Vic).

Procurement directives

All ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ procurement activities meet the following directives.

Value for money

A balanced judgement of financial and non-financial factors considering the mix of quality, cost and resources, fitness for purpose, total cost of ownership, and risk.

Accountability

ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½â€™s Chief Executive Officer is accountable for and has the flexibility to conduct procurement activities using appropriate capability to provide value-for-money outcomes.

Staff involved in the operational procurement process must be equipped with the appropriate capability to prepare value-for-money outcomes.

Probity

Ensuring high standards of behaviour and actions in the conduct of procurement processes including equity, confidentiality, avoiding conflicts of interest, and consumer/supplier confidence in the integrity of government procurement processes.

Scalability

The relationship between the complexity of a procurement project and capability to conduct it must be considered to achieve a good procurement outcome.

Social procurement

ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ is committed to advancing social and sustainable objectives through social procurement. Through our buying power, we generate social, economic and environmental outcomes that benefit the Victorian community and the environment. Our Social Procurement Framework provides the strategy and the licence for collaboration with our suppliers. To improve the social and environmental value of our purchasing decisions. The Framework sets out how we intend to embrace, identify and grow social procurement into the future.

Procurement activity plan

The Procurement Activity Plan (the plan) describes the types of procurement activity ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ plans to undertake in the selected period.

The plan is provided for planning purposes only and does not represent a solicitation or constitute a request for proposal, nor a commitment to purchase the goods or services.

AV Procurement Activity Plan Feb 2025
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ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ will review and update the plan from time to time based on the information available.

ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ purchases a range of other goods and services from whole of government State Purchase Contracts and Health Purchasing Victoria collective agreements.

Tenders' website

ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ uses the Victorian Government Tenders System (Tenders VIC) for all publicly advertised and other significant procurement opportunities. ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ encourages suppliers to register as a user of the Victorian Government Tenders System.

Procurement complaints

ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ has developed a Procurement Complaints Management Procedure to provide suppliers surety that there is a mechanism in place to raise any concerns they may have in relation to ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ procurement processes.

Complaints will be managed in a consistent, fair and transparent manner in accordance with the process outlined in the Procedure.

If you wish to lodge a complaint regarding an aspect of the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ procurement process, please refer to the Procurement Complaints Management Procedure.

PRO FCS 061 Procurement Complaints Management
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Supplier code of conduct

The Victorian Government is committed to ethical, sustainable and socially responsible procurement. It has implemented a supplier code of conduct to ensure government suppliers meet a set of minimum ethical standards.

The code applies to ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ contracts, agreements and purchase orders for the supply of goods and services and construction works and services. Further details on the code are available from the VGPB website.

General terms and conditions

For details of ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ standard terms and conditions for purchase orders (where ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ and the seller have not entered into a separate agreement for the same goods and/or services) refer to the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ terms and conditions.

ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Purchase Order Terms and Conditions
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Procurement enquiries

Please contact us by e-mail. admin.procurement@ambulance.vic.gov.au

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