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Procurement capability and training

Best practice thought leadership, research and benchmarking in procurement

These bodies offer thought leadership in (including best practice research and benchmarking) the procurement and contract management discipline:

  • Gartner corporate membership is affordable for larger agencies and delivers enterprise access to a comprehensive range of services, including research and functional maturity benchmarking.
  • World Commerce and Contracting (formerly International Association for Contract and Commercial Management) – Corporate membership is affordable and pricing is scaled to the desired number of users. Membership provides access to online learning and research.
  • International Federation of Purchasing and Supply Management (IFPSM) - Corporate membership is affordable (through Comprara) and delivers enterprise access to a comprehensive range of services including an extensive suite of eLearning
  • Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) - Individual membership is affordable and delivers access to a comprehensive range of services and subsidised access to events.

Procurement Leadership Council (Gartner)

This membership offers access to:

  • research and insight
  • best practice guidance
  • advisory support
  • peer benchmarks and case studies
  • tools and templates
  • decision and diagnostic tools
  • expert inquiry
  • executive networking
  • learning events - delivered livestream
  • functional maturity benchmarking.

These agencies have an enterprise membership to Gartner:

  • Energy and Public Works
  • Transport and Main Roads
  • Education.

If you're part of a member agency, you can access these resources by accessing the Gartner website and creating an account using your government email address.

Once you have created your account, you can:

  • set up alerts for topics of interest
  • explore the resources available
  • download content of interest.

If your agency is not a member

If your agency does not have membership to a thought leader body and you need to access best practice research, email skills2procure@epw.qld.gov.au for assistance.

Want more information?

Queensland Government Procurement has access to a range of research, tools, guides, and papers across many aspects of procurement and contract management lifecycle.

Email Skills2Procure@epw.qld.gov.au for any questions about procurement and contract management learning and development.

Last updated:
13 July 2022