Panels
contractors, of, 23-4
Patents, 38
Payments
advance payments, 41
entitlement to, where no contractual obligation, 52
full, on contract completion, 41
incentive payments, 41
milestone payments, 41
performance based, 41
progress payments, 41
regimes, 40-1
risk, source of, 18
satisfactory performance, for, 81
timely, 76
timing of, 41
Penalties
contract provisions, 41
Performance-based payments, 41
Performance management
assessment of performance, 33, 82, 84-5
checklist, 48
contractor, 82-6
costs, 31
data collection and analysis, 31, 82
lead indicators, 29
monitoring performance, 33, 82-3
non-performance, legitimate reasons, 34
performance indicators, 28-9
performance measures, 28, 70, 83
performance standards, 30-1
regime, establishing, 16, 28-34
risk, source of, 18
targets, setting, 29-30
under-performance, 85-6
Personnel
specifed, 22
Policy
framework for contracting, 2, 4
procurement policy, 4-5
summary of, 8
Privacy
Commonwealth specifc clauses, 36-7
personal information, of, 22
Procedures
Procurement
cancelling, 56
Chief Executive Instructions (CEIs), 5
Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines (CPGs), 4, 24, 37
Finance Minister, directions by, 4
Professional advice, 20, 22, 84
Progress payments, 41
Protective security, 12
Protective Security Manual (PSM), 12, 23
Public sector
contracting in, 2-13