Senate debates

Thursday, 18 October 2018

Bills

Government Procurement (Judicial Review) Bill 2017; In Committee

10:53 am

Photo of Anne RustonAnne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for International Development and the Pacific) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Senator. I accept your comments, but we believe this is the appropriate way to do it. The vast bulk of procurement operates under this particular mechanism, and I draw your attention—without belabouring a point—to paragraph 9.5 of the Procurement Rules:

A procurementmust not be divided into separate parts solely for the purpose of avoiding a relevant procurement threshold.

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