Compliance procurement guidance
Before engaging in a procurement activity, please ensure you have reviewed the key Queensland Government procurement policies, frameworks and other resources.
Guidance materials provide support to government buyers in applying the Ethical Supplier Mandate (Mandate) and Ethical Supplier Threshold (Threshold).
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If you have any questions about these guidance materials, you can contact the Ethical Supply team.
- Phone: 1300 105 030
- Email: ethicalsupply@epw.qld.gov.au
2021 editions
- 01/2021 – Who is the Queensland Government Procurement Compliance Branch?
- 02/2021– A big year done and more to come
- 01/2022 – Compliance Branch stepping up
- 02/2022 – QGPC call for consistent contract clauses
- 03/2022 – The growth of ethical supply
- 04/2022 – Compliance 2022: Promoting excellence in ethical supply
2023 editions
- 01/2023 – Tripartite Procurement Advisory Panel: six-month review
- 02/2023 – Beyond the Portal: The ripple effect of non-compliance
- 03/2023 – Compliance steps up a gear10/2023 – Building government capability in ethical procurement compliance
2024 editions
Standard operating procedures
- Ethical Supplier Mandate standard operating procedure
- Ethical Supplier Threshold standard operating procedure
- Mandate and Threshold appeals standard operating procedure
Ethical supplier fact sheets
The Ethical Supplier Mandate (the Mandate) applies to the procurement categories of General Goods and Services, Information and Communication Technology, Medical, Social Services and all future procurement categories under the Queensland Procurement Policy (QPP).