Checklist · Government Procurement & Tendering
Value for money considerations record
A record of the value for money matters in Commonwealth Procurement Rules paragraphs 4.4 to 4.7, structured so that the bids are not scored.
- Kind
- Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Where it applies
- Commonwealth
- AI use
- Red You write the text. The tool writes nothing into the document. Where permitted, it may check, clarify or collect data, and anything it checks or collects is verified.
- 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 when an official needs a record of the financial and non-financial matters that must be considered, without a score or a ranking. The official's satisfaction that value for money is achieved is not written here.
Used for these tasks
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How AI may be used
AI may place a fact from the submission next to a paragraph 4.5 or 4.6 matter the principal names, and must not score, rank, or say that value for money is achieved.
AI may
- List the matters in paragraphs 4.5 and 4.6
- Place a passage the principal has marked from a submission next to the matter the principal names
AI must not
- Must not score, weight, or rank a submission
- Must not say the procurement achieves value for money, or that the official is satisfied
- Must not drop a non-financial matter because the price is lower
- Must not decide the economic-benefit consideration in paragraph 4.7
The lawyer checks
- The official is satisfied, after reasonable enquiries, before any decision that value for money is achieved
- Price is not treated as the sole factor
- Paragraph 4.7 is considered where the value is above $1 million, or $7.5 million for construction services, and the procurement is not covered by Appendix A and is not from a standing offer
- The record stays free of scores
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
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