Government procurement, contracting and funding arrangements

We help clients work through complex rules and requirements

We advise clients on a full range of procurement and government contracting issues. We help both public and private sector clients make sense of the different processes and requirements that influence public sector procurement, funding, and contracting decisions, including the Government Procurement Rules.

We understand the context in which the government operates

We are experts in how the government purchases goods and services, and provides funding to private sector entities, including for services provided to the public.

We help our public sector clients with the full procurement lifecycle — starting with designing a procurement method that gives the best value for money and achieves the best outcome for the client. We work through the planning, selection, management, and review options for the procurement processes.

We can give advice on the:

• Strategic elements of procurement processes
• Legal elements of procurement documents (we are extremely familiar with the Ministry of
• Business, Innovation and Employment templates)
• Relevant statutory requirements.

We work with a wide range of clients

Our public sector clients include:

• Department of Corrections
• New Zealand Post
• WorkSafe
• Department of Internal Affairs
• Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
• Ministry of Justice
• Manatū Hauora Ministry of Health
• Department of Conservation
• Crown Law
• University of Canterbury
• Massey University
• Tertiary Education Commission
• Accident Compensation Corporation
• Auckland Council
• Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand (and previously DHBs).

We also help private sector clients understand and navigate public sector procurement documents, and successfully engage in procurement processes.

We have experience with different procurement methods

We have assisted on a large number of procurements processes, both simple and complex and utilising a full range of procurement methods (including competitive dialogue processes) and resulting in a range of commercial agreements, including:

• Outcome-based agreements
• Social services commissioning
• Large scale ICT contracts
• Funding agreements.

We are experts in:

• The standards of good procurement practice that apply to public entities, including rules and guidelines issued by Cabinet, MBIE, Treasury, and the Office of the Auditor-General
• Government-specific legal requirements that need to be considered as part of procurement and contracting processes (eg the Public Finance Act, the Official Information Act, government security requirements and various Cabinet directives).