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Government Procurement

RNZAF Boeing 757
Air

Calling time on the 757s: Strategic Air Mobility Capability procurement expedited

January 10, 2025

New Zealand’s Ministry of Defence has released a tender to market for proposals to replace the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s two Boeing 757s by the end of 2027. According to the 19 December announcement, […]

Christopher Luxon
Defence

New government faces big defence spending decisions, but they’ll have (some) time to think it over

October 27, 2023

The Roche Review will be reporting back mid 2024 and its recommendations will take time to implement. That gives New Zealand’s new government a year or two to get its ducks in a row, writes […]

Future maritime helicopter
Defence

“To the most reasonably affordable standard”: The National Party’s newly proposed policy intent for Defence

October 25, 2023

Even at “the most reasonably affordable standard”, an almost total replacement of naval ships, new maritime helicopters, replacement of strategic air mobility, and a new primary combat vehicle is a big shopping list, writes Editor-at-large […]

HMNZS Te Kaha
Defence

MAPP: Responding to Disaster: Is the NZDF sufficiently resourced to carry out the tasks ahead?

March 8, 2023

Cyclone Gabrielle has highlighted the need for action on a range of big-ticket personnel and equipment issues, and a quicker paced Defence Review would help, writes Wayne Mapp. Cyclone Gabrielle has wrought the most destruction […]

HMNZS Te Kaha.
Defence

MAPP: Defence Policy Review: Time stops for no government

January 17, 2023

Major procurements require a steady drumbeat of activity, writes Wayne Mapp, and the post-2023 election government will have purchase decisions to make in relation to the ANZAC and Project Protector fleet replacements. In October this […]

Contracts
Features

Breaking the Mould: Values based contracts in a world of Zero Trust

April 5, 2022

Contracts come from the world of Zero Trust, writes Consultant to Fortinet Jennie Vickers, but a new Auckland Council contract template has brought trust into the equation – and it’s also subtracted plenty of pages […]

Procurement waka
Defence

We’d be dumb if we didn’t: Embracing progressive procurement

June 18, 2021

The announcement of a Government procurement target for NZ Maori businesses is the stimulant needed to substantially improve access to Government procurement projects for all NZ businesses, writes Jennie Vickers of Zeopard Consulting. This article […]

1,000 cups of tea
Defence

Opinion: Is it time New Zealand had a Ministry of 1,000 cups of tea?

June 18, 2021

The just-released Office of the Auditor General (OAG) Report on Strategic Suppliers goes some way to addressing serious issues, writes Jennie Vickers of Zeopard Consulting, but not far enough. This article is part of our spotlight […]

Broader Outcomes
Defence

The Zeopard report card: Two years of Broader Outcomes

June 18, 2021

CEO of Zeopard Consulting Jennie Vickers delivers her scorecard on government agency implementation of the Government Procurement Rules’ ‘Broader Outcomes’ two years after it was first announced. This article is part of our spotlight on New […]

Government procurement
Defence

Broader Outcomes: The latest updates on NZ Government Procurement Policy and Practice

June 18, 2021

Recent announcements of upcoming changes to the procurement rules and progress reporting on implementation of the 2019 changes, will be of interest to any business supplying Government, writes Jennie Vickers of Zeopard Consulting. This article […]

Strategic Suppliers Report
Defence

Government needs better understanding and management of strategic suppliers

June 18, 2021

A just-released report from the Auditor-General finds government lacks visibility of which strategic suppliers it relies on and of the risk of disruption to services if a strategic supplier fails to deliver. This article is […]

Security guard pay rates
Features

Report finds common threads in security guard pay and charge rates

August 17, 2020

A US benchmarking report on security guard pay and charge rates finds similarities with New Zealand, writes Joanna Mathers, including relatively consistent minimum wage-oriented pay rates and the costs of high staff turnover. The success […]

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