Recommendation
7. Ensure infrastructure investment delivers tangible benefits to Aboriginal businesses and people by strengthening application of the WA Government’s Aboriginal Procurement Policy, including:
- establishing targets that also consider contract value
- providing updated guidance and education, including unconscious bias training, for procurement and other relevant public sector officers involved in procurement decision-making to support Aboriginal business contracting
- implementing mechanisms to mandate application of the policy by government trading enterprises
- setting new incremental procurement stretch targets (over and above current overall performance levels) in the policy over time.
WA Government response
The WA Government responded to Foundation for a stronger tomorrow in February 2023. Recommendation 7 is not supported. For further information please refer to the response document.
Current Implementation Progress
This recomendation was not supported by the government. Infrastructure WA will continue to monitor application of the Aboriginal Procurement Policy and provide advice on policy elements and outcomes, as required.