Standardised procurement processes are often used for probity purposes - and to speed up the time taken to procure. But do they deliver value for money? How would you know? Kalimena Advisory has put some thoughts together to help guide the procurement process.

The National Party flagged its intention to implement city region deals before last year's election. Since then, a number of parties including Kalimena have been thinking about how these might work.
The issue, however, is that Ministers - and the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), as nominated advisor to Ministers on city region deals – have been taking their time to promulgate what is being described as a “policy framework” for city region deals. It is within this wait-and-see environment, this week Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) released a document “What communities need from the framework for city region deals” , seeking to influence Ministers’ and DIA’s thinking prior to release of the framework. The document lays out LGNZ’s six requirements for “outcomes the framework must deliver”. In response to each of these six requirements, here are a few thoughts on what we’d like to see.

Central government has a key role to play in supporting the digital transformation of Aotearoa New Zealand’s economy, without which, gains in productivity, efficiency and economic growth are being left on the table.