4. 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 Chief Executive Instructions were revised in March 2009 to incorporate the updated Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines released in December 2008.
PSR’s internal auditor completed a number of audits to test processes and ensure they met legislative requirements. These audits provided PSR’s management with confidence that PSR has robust processes and procedures in place to ensure compliance with procurement legislation.
PSR had no open procurement processes in 2008–09. One process was conducted through a select tender to source a consultant to review PSR’s information and communications technology environment and case management database (see Table 12).
PSR’s procurement of travel services adhered to the Australian Government standard of ‘best fare of the day’ for air travel.