The Department of Finance and Administration publishes guidelines called Financial Management Guidance (FMG) on how to comply with relevant legislation and policy requirements. The most important of these guidelines for contract managers are:
• The Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines (FMG No.1)
• Guidance on Confidentiality of Contractors' Commercial Information (FMG No.3)
• Guidelines for Issuing and Managing Indemnities, Guarantees, Warranties and Letters of Comfort (FMG No.6)
• Guidance on the Listing of Contract Details on the Internet (Meeting the Senate Order on Departmental and Agency Contracts) (FMG No.8)
• Guidance on Complying with Legislation and Government Policy in Procurement (FMG No.10) summarises policies and legislation that may interact with contracting processes. A particularly useful source of information is the Interactive Policy Table, contained in this Guidance
• Guidance on Identifying Consultancies for Annual Reporting Purposes (FMG No. 12)
• Guidance on the Mandatory Procurement Procedures (FMG No. 13)
• Guidance on Ethics and Probity in Government Procurement (FMG No. 14), and
• Guidance on Procurement Publishing Obligations (FMG No. 15).