Western Australian government contracts up to $5 million can now be signed directly with local manufacturing companies without a competitive tender, following a procurement rule exemption that quietly came into effect this week.
Prior to the new procurement direction, only contracts worth up to $50,000 could be directly sourced.
The new $5 million threshold for local manufacturing suppliers puts Western Australia well ahead of other states and the federal government in a fresh effort to get more out of the state’s $30 billion annual procurement spend.
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