---
title: "Value for money considerations record"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/government-procurement-and-tendering/value-for-money-considerations-record"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a50-value-for-money-considerations-record"
area_id: "A50"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "red"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A50-R20260922-2"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# 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.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/government-procurement-and-tendering/value-for-money-considerations-record  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Government Procurement & Tendering](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/government-procurement-and-tendering.md)
- Jurisdictions: Commonwealth
- AI level: 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: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the authority it cites, for Commonwealth.

## 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

- [Structure an evaluation record without scoring the bids](https://ailawframework.com/practice/government-procurement-and-tendering/structure-an-evaluation-record-without-scoring-the-bids.md)

## 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

## Authorities

- [Department of Finance, Commonwealth Procurement Rules, 17 November 2025, paragraphs 4.4 to 4.10](https://www.finance.gov.au/sites/default/files/2025-10/Commonwealth-Procurement-Rules-2025.pdf)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/government-procurement-and-tendering/value-for-money-considerations-record and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*