C

Cancellation of procurement, 56

Chief Executive Instructions (CEIs), 5, 58

Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 (CAC Act), 4, 8

s 47A, 4

Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines (CPGs), 4, 11, 24, 37

Complaints, addressing, 50, 62-3

Confidential information

contract provisions, 37

Deed of Confidentiality, 37

protection of, 22

Conflicts of interest

contract provisions, 37

employment related, 90

identifying, at contract development stage, 21

risk, source of, 18, 21

Consequential loss, 39

Contact details, 80

Contract

action list, 97

announcing award of, 50, 59

approval, 50, 58

assessment, example of, 44

awarding, 57

collaborative approach, 26

common provisions, 35

Commonwealth specific clauses, 36-7

developing, 16-17

discharging, 72, 100, 108-9

documentation, 81-2

draft, 16

drafting, 57-8

ending, 100-10

enforcing terms of, 77

finalising, 57

form, determining, 16, 22

formalising, 50

oral, 51

planning, 16, 17

signing, 50, 58

standard form, 16, 23

start-up, 78-9

styles of, 25-6

termination see Termination of contract

unknowingly entering into, 51

variations, 37, 72, 86-7

written, need for, 22-3

Contract deliverables

defining, 16, 26-7

examples, 27

risk, source of, 18

Contract management

checklist, 110-11

entity arrangements for, 66

individual contracts, of, 72

skills matrix, 94

Contract payments see Payments Contracting

alternative approaches, 23

Chief Executive Instructions (CEIs), 5

common issues in, 5-7

legislative framework, 2, 4

management reporting, 70

quality assurance, 70

Contracting capability

contract management, 66, 67

establishing and sustaining, 66, 67

Contractor

access by, 35-6

assistance provided to, 36

feedback to, 106

handover arrangements, 103-4

performance management, 82-6

Copyright, 38

Cost

recovering, 40

reimbursement, 40

Credit card

government, 2

use for purchasing, 22

Crimes Act 1914, 9

Criminal Code Act 1995, 9