A procurement plan is an effective tool to identify and review an agency's current procurement profile and practices, establish benchmarks to measure performance, and identify improved ways of procurement to meet its future needs.
NSW Government principal departments are required to progressively publish a Strategic Procurement Outlook Statement and Procurement Contact Information on the NSW Government's eTendering website. A Strategic Procurement Outlook Statement outlines the role of the agency, as well as major or strategic initiatives from which the agency expects procurements may be generated over the next three years. Procurement Contact Information contains telephone and email contact points for enquiries related to the procurement undertaken by the agency.
As a matter of good practice, agencies are encouraged to consider publishing significant planned procurements, as well as a brief description of anticipated procurements planned for the following three years.