Procurement Accreditation Document 3

Lead Reviewer’s Report

Review of the

(Insert public authority name)

Accreditation Assessment Report

Date of Report

Lead Reviewer’s ReportPage 1of 4Issue date September 2013

Version 1.2Review date January 2015

Table of Contents

1.Background

2.Objective and Scope of the Review

3.Review Findings

4.CONCLUSION

Lead Reviewer’s ReportPage 1of 4Issue date September 2013

Version 1.2Review date January 2015

[Lead Reviewer’s Report: The following template is provided for the benefit of the Lead Reviewer. It is expected that the relevant professional standards and judgement is applied at all times during the review process.]

1.Background

Name of Lead Reviewerhas been engaged to conduct a review of the Accreditation Assessment Report of XXXXX (insert public authority’s name). This review followed the process set out in the State Procurement Board (Board) Procurement Accreditation Guideline.

2.Objective and Scope of the Review

The objective of this review is to independently verify the self-assessment contained in the Accreditation Assessment Report of XXXXX (insert public authority’s name). This report was prepared and authorised by the public authority and submitted to PPG on XX XXX 201X (refer Appendix 1).

The scope of our review was limited to this report. Our evaluation consisted of determining whether the evidence collated by the public authority supports the public authority’s documented:

  • response to the Board’s performance criteria and principles in the accreditation assessment matrix; and
  • their assessment of capability against each principle.

The fieldwork for this review was conducted from XX XXX 201X to XX XXX 201X and utilised the documentation collated by the public authority to test the validity of the assertions contained in the Accreditation Assessment Report and Development Plan.

Add if required

To supplement the evidence collated by XXXXX (insert public authority’s name), we also interviewed the following personnel from the public authority:

Name / Title / Role
XXX / XXX / XXXX

We also obtained supplementary evidence in the form of XXXXX

specify

Document No / Document Name / Document Description

3.Review Findings

We have reviewed the public authority Accreditation Assessment Report and have included our updated comments in this Report. These findings have been discussed with the public authority. We therefore concur with the description of the public authority’s response to the Board’s performance criteria and principles and the Assessment of Capability ratings reflected in the public authority’s updated Accreditation Assessment Report and have provided our comments in their Accreditation Assessment Report.

Add if required

The public authority has not agreed to incorporate the following findings into the updated Accreditation Assessment Report:

  • specify issues/findings still not agreed.

4.CONCLUSION

Subject to commitment to complete the initiatives itemised in the updated Accreditation Assessment Report and accompanying Development Plan, Name of Lead Reviewer supports the granting of the procurement accreditation at the value requested by XXXX (insert public authority name) of $XX. No other matters arose from the review that needs to be reported to you.

or

Name of Lead Reviewerdoes not support the granting of the procurement accreditation at the value requested by XXXX (insert public authority name) due to the following reasons:

(Lead Reviewer Signature)

Lead Reviewer organisation name

Date: XX XXX 201X

Lead Reviewer’s ReportPage 1of 4Issue date September 2013

Version 1.2Review date January 2015