Ref: DOIA 2324-1679

 

Kia ora Charles Finley,

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 8 February 2024 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

 

‘Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment, I have recently heard
that you are running a review in to the Government Procurement Rules and
have asked for input. Please can you publish the current assessments
undertaken by MBIE in to the efficacy of the rules, any development /
thinking / drafts concepts and ideas that have been produced or drafted
internally, and any communications between government officials as to how
the rules might be developed. I am happy to recieve draft documents as
understand there may not be official documents. I am looking to understand
the thinking from within procurement about how the rules might be able to
change to have better or improved results, or where you think they are
performing well.

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and no
later than 7 March 2024, being 20 working days after the day your request
was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension of that timeframe.  If you have any enquiries
regarding your request feel free to contact us via email to
[1][MBIE request email].

 

 

Nâku noa, nâ

Ministerial Services

 

Corporate Services, Finance & Enablement

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 |  PO Box 1473 Wellington 6140

 

 

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Kia ora Charles

Please find attached a response to your Official Information Act request.

Ngā mihi

Matthew

Principal Ministerial Advisor
Building Resources and Markets

-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Finley <[FOI #25663 email]>
Sent: Thursday, February 8, 2024 11:58 AM
To: *OIA <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Government Procurement Rules - review - please share your thinking

Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,

I have recently heard that you are running a review in to the Government Procurement Rules and have asked for input.

Please can you publish the current assessments undertaken by MBIE in to the efficacy of the rules, any development / thinking / drafts concepts and ideas that have been produced or drafted internally, and any communications between government officials as to how the rules might be developed.

I am happy to recieve draft documents as understand there may not be official documents. I am looking to understand the thinking from within procurement about how the rules might be able to change to have better or improved results, or where you think they are performing well.

Yours faithfully,

Charles Finley

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Ref: DOIA 2324-2534

 

Kia ora Charles Finley,

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 15 May 2024 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

 

‘Please can you provide any briefings, interactions, meeting notes held
between MBIE and your Minister or the Minister of Finance on this subject
- specifically relating to how this piece of work might help the
government achieve its savings targets, or for that matter - any other
correspondence of a similar savings nature with Ministers (If easier -
happy for this question to be handled as a new OIA.)’

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and no
later than 13 June 2024, being 20 working days after the day your request
was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension of that timeframe.  If you have any enquiries
regarding your request feel free to contact us via email to
[1][MBIE request email].

 

Please note that the team will respond to the other follow up questions on
your previous request in the coming days.

 

Nâku noa, nâ

 

Ministerial Services Business Advisory

Communications, Design & Ministerial Services

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 |  PO Box 1473 Wellington 6140

[2]www.mbie.govt.nz

 

 

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Kia ora Charles

 

In regard to your follow up queries regarding your previous request, I
have set out responses from the team to each below:

              I see you redacted that same part on each page of the
presentation - are you able to share what that section covers, and why it
was redacted? I appreciate you cant share the content but curious what was
in each part.

The sections that you refer to contain early thinking on a range of
potential options for changes to the Government Procurement Rules. These
have been withheld under section 9(2)(g)(i), as the intent of this section
was to enable officials to provide free and frank opinions on what options
might be taken in circumstances where research, analysis, engagement or
consultation had not yet been undertaken, or decisions have not yet been
made and the release of such information could mean that officials are
less likely to include such opinions in documents going forward.

Can you provide a progress update, given the timeframe which was
presented.

We are continuing to undertake stakeholder engagement and to analyse
feedback as we start to consider potential revisions to the Government
Procurement Rules. Key government procurement updates will continue to be
published on the newsletter page:
[1]https://www.procurement.govt.nz/about-us...

 

Ngā mihi

 

Matthew

 

 

Principal Ministerial Advisor

Building Resources and Markets

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-----Original Message-----

From: Charles Finley <[3][FOI #25663 email]>

Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2024 12:58 PM

To: *OIA <[4][email address]>

Subject: Re: DOIA 2324-1679 Response to your Official Information Act
request

 

Dear MBIE,

 

Thank you for your reply. I have been reading through the response with
interest. Are you able to provide the following as a follow up:

 

- I see you redacted that same part on each page of the presentation - are
you able to share what that section covers, and why it was redacted? I
appreciate you cant share the content but curious what was in each part.

- Can you provide a progress update, given the timeframe which was
presented.

- Please can you provide any briefings, interactions, meeting notes held
between MBIE and your Minister or the Minister of Finance on this subject
- specifically relating to how this piece of work might help the
government achieve its savings targets, or for that matter - any other
correspondence of a similar savings nature with Ministers (If easier -
happy for this question to be handled as a new OIA.)

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Charles Finley

 

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Kia ora Charles

 

Please find attached a response to your Official Information Act request.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Matthew

 

 

Principal Ministerial Advisor

Building Resources and Markets

 

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Kia ora Charles

 

Please find attached a response and documents for release in relation to
your Official Information Act 1982 request.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Matthew

 

Principal Ministerial Advisor

Building Resources and Markets

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