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  "title": "Australia Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs) under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 + AusTender",
  "domain": "Public Sector & Government Procurement",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "last_updated": "2026-06-08",
  "bluf": "The Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs) are the principal procurement framework for Australian federal government entities, issued by the Minister for Finance under section 105B of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA Act). The CPRs are the binding rules with which non-corporate Commonwealth entities and prescribed corporate Commonwealth entities must comply when undertaking procurement; the current iteration includes substantive 2024 and 2025 updates reflecting reforms on supplier code of conduct, environmentally sustainable procurement, sovereign capability considerations, and the strengthened SME and First Nations procurement targets. The CPRs are organised in Divisions including Division 1 (Application of the CPRs), Division 2 (Procurement Principles - achieving value for money as the core principle), Division 3 (Procurement Process - including procurement methods of open tender, prequalified tender, limited tender, with mandatory open tender for procurements at or above the relevant procurement thresholds), Division 4 (Specific Procurement Requirements - including requirements for fairness and ethics, accountability and transparency, and reporting on AusTender), and additional Divisions on Australian Industry Capability and Indigenous Procurement Policy. The procurement thresholds are AUD 80,000 for non-corporate Commonwealth entities (other than for construction), AUD 7.5 million for construction, and AUD 400,000 for prescribed corporate Commonwealth entities (other than for construction). AusTender at tenders.gov.au is the mandatory central reporting and notification platform operated by the Department of Finance; all open tender opportunities, contract awards above AUD 10,000, and amendments must be published on AusTender. The framework intersects the Indigenous Procurement Policy (IPP) with the mandatory 3% First Nations supplier participation target, the Commonwealth SME Participation in Procurement Policy with the 35% SME target for contracts up to AUD 20 million, the Australian Industry Participation National Framework for major projects, and the strategic sourcing arrangements through Whole-of-Australian-Government coordinated procurement. The CPRs operate in parallel with the AU Defence Acquisition Procurement Strategy 2024 and the Defence Procurement Policy Manual for Defence-specific procurements, and with sectoral procurement frameworks for Department of Health, Department of Education, and other portfolio entities.",
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