How do the regimes compare?
| Row | Australia | New Zealand | United Kingdom |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core instrument | CPRs (Commonwealth) plus state/territory regimes; councils under own policies | Government Procurement Rules, 5th edition from 1 Dec 2025; councils under own policies | Procurement Act 2023 from 24 Feb 2025; legacy/transitional alongside; Scotland separate |
| Notice boards | AusTender plus state portals (see national directory) | GETS, free; mandated agencies plus health, transport, councils | Find a Tender / central platform; Contracts Finder legacy; devolved boards |
| Benefit weighting | Local content/SME/Indigenous as pack states, IPP bands where invoked | Rule 8: 10% minimum above $100k goods/services, $9m new construction | Social value bands: 10% (£1m–£5m) / 20% (£5m+) where the model applies |
| Qualification evidence | Mandatories, Code policies, insurance at pack dates | Pre-conditions, Rule 8 evidence, participation where panels apply | Participation vs exclusion vs award: three separate tests |
| Feedback | Debrief on request; GPJR remedy on a short clock | Rule 33 debrief the agency must offer | Assessment summaries; standstill where it applies |
| Labels | RFT/RFP/RFQ/EOI/ITT | RFT/RFP/ROI/RFQ/RFI/NOI; ROI is not an EOI twin | Open vs competitive flexible; MAT not MEAT; call-offs |
Every cell subdivides where one rule would mislead: thresholds carry bases (GST inclusive/exclusive, VAT), dates carry editions, portals carry regimes. Detail lives in the three pillars; this table routes. Figures rechecked 16 September 2026 against the pillar pages, recheck the pillars before bidding, not this table.
What travels, and what does not?
What travels: the gate (strategy, capacity, risk); week-one reads; evidence before price; owned decisions with dates. What does not: thresholds, weightings, labels, rights, remedies, and portals, every one of which is regime-specific. The firm that gates well in one country gates well in all three; the firm that memorises one country’s figures fails in the other two.
What does this mean for the bid/no-bid call?
Run the home-regime gate first (it is the discipline you trust), then re-derive every regime fact from the foreign pillar, never from memory. Entering a new market is its own decision with its own worksheet: bidding into a new sector or country.