Important Information in relation to Western Australian Common Use Agreements (CUA):
Information below has been copied from State Supply Commission website 1/10/09 from document titled "Supply Policy - Open and Effective Communication"
A public authority is not required to comply with the minimum competitive requirements outlined in the table above for a procurement where the Accountable Authority considers that exceptional circumstances exist for that procurement and justification for that decision is documented.
Exceptional circumstances may include, but are not limited to the following:
• There is a bona fide sole source of supply.
• A public authority has awarded a contract for a similar requirement through a competitive process within the previous 12 months and there is a reasonable expectation that the market has not changed.
• A public authority requires the use of goods and services from a particular supplier that must be integrated within an existing contractual arrangement, project or ICT standard operating environment and an alternative product is not suitable.
