Indigenous Procurement Announcement
MEDIA RELEASE 19 March 2015 For Immediate Release FEDERATION OF VICTORIAN TRADITIONAL OWNER CORPORATIONS WELCOMES GOVERNMENT’S COMMITMENT TO INDIGENOUS PROCUREMENT The Federation of Victorian Traditional Owner Corporations (Federation) today welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement of a 3% target for Indigenous procurement. Federation Chairperson, Janine Coombs said :’ setting targets will go some way towards levelling the playing field for Indigenous corporations and will create a demand for Indigenous suppliers that our members are ready to meet.’ The Federation supported the adoption of targets in its submission to the Forrest Review ‘Creating Parity’ as a way of growing future partnership opportunities. ‘We would have preferred to see targets related to the percentage of spend rather than the number of contracts, but we commend this announcement as a great step forward’ Ms Coombs said. The Federation now looks forward to working with the Victorian Government to develop and implement a State approach to preferential procurement. At present Victoria is one of the few States that does not have a policy in place. PO Box 431 North Melbourne VIC 3051 (03) 9321 5388 [email protected] www.fvtoc.com.au -endsFor more information, please contact: Ben Gordon, Federation Secretariat, (03) 9321 5388 www.fvtoc.com.au
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