P

Panels

contractors, of, 23-4 

Patents, 38 

Payments

advance payments, 41

contract provisions, 40, 81

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

key, 22, 39

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 

Privacy Act 1988, 10, 22 

Procedures

contract management, 66, 68 

Procurement

cancelling, 56

Chief Executive Instructions (CEIs), 5

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

Finance Minister, directions by, 4

policy, 4-5, 11-13 

Professional advice, 20, 22, 84 

Progress payments, 41

Protective security, 12 

Protective Security Manual (PSM), 12, 23 

Public sector

contracting in, 2-13 

Public Service Act 1999, 6, 10