Procurement

System lead: Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
(MBIE)

New Zealand Government Procurement (NZGP) delivers MBIE’s procurement functional leadership objectives through a collaborative, centre-led approach. NZGP helps government to deliver better value, and wider cultural, economic, environmental, and social outcomes, by lifting procurement capability and performance

Tertiary Education Institutes are excluded but are encouraged to follow the Government Procurement Rules

Published guidance:

Contact for further advice: procurement@mbie.govt.nz

Requirements and expectations

Crown Agents

Autonomous Crown Entities

Independent Crown Entities

Ministerial expectations:

Requirement to apply Government Procurement Rules

Direction given under section 107(2) and section 107(2A) of the Crown Entities Act 2004, all entities subject to direction, except school boards of trustees, are directed to apply the Government Rules of Sourcing

Ministerial expectations:

Requirement to apply Government Procurement Rules

Direction given under section 107(2) and section 107(2A) of the Crown Entities Act 2004, all entities subject to direction, except school boards of trustees, are directed to apply the Government Rules of Sourcing

Ministerial expectations:

Requirement to apply Government Procurement Rules

Direction given under section 107(2) and section 107(2A) of the Crown Entities Act 2004, all entities subject to direction, except school boards of trustees, are directed to apply the Government Rules of Sourcing

Government Property

System lead: Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE)

MBIE’s role includes property advice and setting standards and guidelines for Government Property Group mandated agencies. They work with agencies on office space and public interface property requirements, excluding operational sites

Published guidance: Government Property

Contact for further advice: Contact us | New Zealand Government Procurement and Property

Requirements and expectations

Crown Agents

Autonomous Crown Entities

Independent Crown Entities

Ministerial expectations:

Expectation that Crown agents comply with the property functional leadership mandates

Crown agents are included in the mandate for the Government Property Group responsibilities

Ministerial expectations:

Not included in mandated agencies

Ministerial expectations:

Not included in mandated agencies

NZ Business number

System lead: Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE)

Each New Zealand Business Number (NZBN) is unique and gives customers and suppliers confidence. A NZBN can help identify branches, departments or locations with unique numbers known as Organisation Parts, as well as an opportunity to identify a business as Māori if it has Māori owners, assets, philosophy, kaupapa or tikanga

Under section 15 of the NZ Business Number Act 2016 a business number is issued to any new public entities

Requirements detailed in Direction given under section 107 of the Crown entities Act 2004. Also issued as a Cabinet Circular CO(18)3

Published guidance: NZ Business Number

Contact for further advice: nzbn@mbie.govt.nz

Requirements and expectations

Crown Agents

Autonomous Crown Entities

Independent Crown Entities

Legal requirements:

Direction given under section 107(2) and section 107(2A) of the Crown Entities Act 2004. See schedule 1 for detail on requirements by entity

Legal requirements:

Direction given under section 107(2) and section 107(2A) of the Crown Entities Act 2004. See schedule 1 for detail on requirements by entity

Legal requirements:

Direction given under section 107(2) and section 107(2A) of the Crown Entities Act 2004. See schedule 1 for detail on requirements by entity

Data and Statistics Act 2022

System lead: StatsNZ

Requirement in the Data and Statistics Act 2022 for a public sector agency to provide information when requested by the Government Statistician about production of official statistics, compliance with standards, or data that is used for official statistics

An agency must also raise any material concerns about statistics they produce and consult the Government Statistician before making changes to data or statistical collections if those changes could affect production of statistics or data made available for research under the Act

Contact for further advice: legislation@stats.govt.nz

Requirements and expectations

Crown Agents

Autonomous Crown Entities

Independent Crown Entities

Legal requirements:

 Section 45 of the Data and Statistics Act 2022 state the obligations of public sector agencies which include Crown Agents as stated in section 7 of the Act

Legal requirements:

 Section 45 of the Data and Statistics Act 2022 state the obligations of public sector agencies which include Autonomous Crown Entities as stated in section 7 of the Act 

Legal requirements:

 Section 45 of the Data and Statistics Act 2022 state the obligations of public sector agencies which include Independent Crown Entities as stated in section 7 of the Act