Contract-Based Assessment

Contract details are sourced from AusTender and are uploaded into the Indigenous Procurement Policy Reporting Solution (IPPRS) on a weekly basis.

The majority of the AusTender details about the contract are recorded in the IPPRS, with the exception of the standing offer notice (SON), approaches to market (ATM) and confidentiality information.

During the upload process, the IPPRS determines the contract type, based on the contract start date, value, the industry sector and the indigeneity of the organisation awarded the contract.

Each contract is assigned an initial contract type, based on the following criteria:

1. Standard Mandatory Minimum Requirements (MMR): the contract matches the MMR criteria defined by the policy, based on the contract value and the industry sector derived from the AusTender category or by a manual update of the Industry Sector.
2. Indigenous Business Contract (IBC): the contract is made with a recognised Indigenous business and MMR reporting is not required. However, the contract contributes towards the portfolio target for contracts made with Indigenous business.
3. Non-IPP: A contract that meets none of the above contract conditions. This contract type could be changed to one of the MMR contract types if the Industry Sector or Value change, or the contracted supplier is identified as an Indigenous business.

Contracts are linked to the organisation that won the contract, the awarding agency and portfolio.

Contract variations from AusTender (changes in value, end date and organisation) are linked to the parent (original) contract record in the IPPRS and the contract data is updated to reflect the latest variation. The variations can be viewed from within the contract form (Variations collapsible section).

Once the contract is uploaded into the IPPRS, the contract type may be changed by the awarding agency (if it is not a standard MMR contract) to one of the following types:

1. Non-standard MMR: the contract does not match the standard MMR criteria, however the contractor agreed in the contract to comply with a level of stated performance and to be assessed against that performance. The workforce and / or supply targets for the contract do not need to equal or exceed the minimum MMR target set for the financial year. A contract can be changed to a non-standard MMR contract using the Change Contract Type dialog.
2. Voluntary Reporting: the contract has no MMR performance targets and will not be assessed, however the contractor has agreed to report on Indigenous business supply chain and / or employment via the quarterly performance reporting process (QPR). A voluntary reporting contract can be changed to a non-standard MMR contract using the Change Contract Type dialog.

 the awarded agency may exempt the contract from the MMR reporting and assessment process, if required.

MMR Reporting and Assessment

The image below shows the overall reporting and assessment process for contracts that are subject to MMR. This process is known in the IPPRS as the MMR Contract Management process.