Management and accountability
Purchasing
PSR complied with the purchasing policies and principles of the Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines and its Chief Executive Instructions during the year.
PSR’s internal auditor completed a number of audits to test processes and ensure they met legislative requirements. PSR modified its key business processes to ensure that procurement processes were fully documented and followed agreed procedures. No compliance breaches were identified after implementation of these new processes.
PSR completed two open procurements in 2007–08, namely:
- provision of a secure network gateway to manage PSR’s Internet and email
- revision and development of key risk, governance, human resources and record keeping plans, policies, and procedures and guidelines.
PSR’s procurement of travel services adhered to the Australian Government standard of ‘best fare of the day’ for air travel.