Review of the Commonwealth Procurement Rules on Female-Led Small Business

The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman is examining the impact of the implementation of the 1 July 2022 changes to the Commonwealth Procurement Rules on small and family businesses.The changes are: 

• unbundling of major projects where appropriate 
• right-sizing insurance requirements and not requiring a business to take out the insurance policy until the contract is awarded
• allowing the Department of Defence to source directly from SMEs for contracts up to $500,000 
• requiring that 20% of Commonwealth procurements by value be sourced from SMEs 
• requiring that procuring officials consider a procurement’s broader impact on climate change when undertaking a value-for-money assessment.