Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The council must adopt, by resolution, a procurement plan for each of its financial years.
(2) The resolution must be passed before the adoption of the council's budget for the financial year to which the procurement plan relates.
(3) If the council has made a corporate plan, the procurement plan must be consistent with, and support, the achievement of the strategic directions stated in the corporate plan.
(4) The procurement plan must state--
(a) the types of procurement activities proposed for the financial year; and
(b) how the procurement principles are to be applied for the activities; and
(c) how the application of the principles will be measured; and
(d) a policy about proposed delegations for the activities; and
(e) a policy about the making of the council's significant procurement activity plans; and
(f) a market assessment for each of the activity types; and
(g) any of the activities (a significant procurement activity) that the council considers will be significant.
(5) In considering whether any of the activities are a significant procurement activity, the council must have regard to the market assessment.
(6) The market assessment must consist of a profile of the relative expenditure and difficulty in securing supply of the activity type assessed.