1.8 Amendments and alternative competitive pricing procedures

The CPP Manual allows tendering authorities to propose amendments to the CPPs. The reason for such provisions is that it is recognised that the procedures in the CPP Manual have to cover a wide variety of circumstances and in some cases other procedures may better achieve the objectives of the Act.

The main type of amendment to the CPPs is a general amendment which is a change to the standard CPPs and applies to all tendering authorities. As well as general amendments, there are two special sorts of amendments; namely alternative CPPs and variations.

Alternative CPPs are stand alone CPPs that tendering authorities can use to cover specified situations (eg the sole supplier CPP). Unlike mandatory amendments, alternative CPPs are optional and tendering authorities can choose to continue to comply with the standard CPP provisions.

Individual tendering authorities are also able to apply for variations to overcome a specific problem. If approved, variations would only be issued to the tendering authority that applied for the variation and then only for the particular contract(s) to which they relate. Any tendering authority making use of such a variation shall prominently identify the variation from the standard CPP in each RFT to which it is applied.

Variations must be approved prior to use and not sought retrospectively to regularise non-compliance with a previously approved CPP.

Transfund New Zealand will consult with interested parties on proposed alternative procedures or variations as appropriate.