Checklist · Government Procurement & Tendering
Check who may be invited to make a submission
A check of Commonwealth Procurement Rules paragraphs 5.4, 5.5 and 9.2 to 9.7 before an approach to market, including the expected value and the Australian business rule.
- Kind
- Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Where it applies
- Commonwealth
- AI use
- Yellow You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at
- 22 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 22 October 2026 against the authority it cites, for Commonwealth.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use before inviting submissions for a Commonwealth procurement, to record the expected value and which invitation rule the principal is considering. It does not decide that a business is an Australian business.
Used for these tasks
Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.
How AI may be used
AI may enter the value and the entity type the principal supplies, and must not decide that a business is an Australian business or that an exception applies.
AI may
- Enter the expected value from figures the principal supplies, and note that thresholds in the rules are inclusive of GST
- Copy the paragraph 5.4 or 5.5 text that matches the facts the principal has marked
AI must not
- Must not decide that paragraph 5.4 or 5.5 applies, or that an exception applies
- Must not decide that a business meets the Appendix B definition
- Must not divide a procurement into parts
- Must not set a closing time
The lawyer checks
- The expected value is estimated before the procurement method is chosen, and includes options, extensions and renewals
- The principal identifies whether the entity is non-corporate, prescribed corporate, or one of the entities named in paragraphs 3.10 and 3.11
- The Indigenous Procurement Policy is applied where paragraph 5.4 or 5.5 says it must first be satisfied
- The Finance guidance named in the Australian business definition is opened before a business is treated as Australian
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
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