Local Government Regulation 2012

This section applies if a local government decides to apply this part to its contracts.

Each financial year, the local government must make and adopt a contracting plan.

A contracting plan is a document stating—

the types of contracts that the local government proposes to make in the financial year; and

the principles and strategies for performing the contracts; and

a policy about proposed delegations for the contracts; and

a market assessment for each type of contract; and

the contracts that the local government considers will be significant (a significant contract) having regard to the market assessment; and

a policy about the making of a significant contracting plan under section 221.

A market assessment is an assessment of the relative cost and difficulty in securing supply under each type of contract.

A contracting plan must be consistent with and support the achievement of the strategic directions stated in the local government’s 5-year corporate plan.

The local government must not make the resolution to adopt a contracting plan before the local government adopts the annual budget for the financial year.

The local government may, by resolution, amend a contracting plan at any time before the end of the financial year to which the plan relates.

The local government must allow the public to inspect and buy copies of the contracting plan at the local government public office.