Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs)

The Commonwealth Procurement Rules are the core rules for Australian Government procurement, issued by the Minister for Finance under the PGPA Act. Division 1 applies to every procurement and is built around achieving value for money. Division 2 adds prescriptive process rules and applies once a procurement reaches the relevant threshold. The rules in force commenced on 17 November 2025. They are binding on non-corporate Commonwealth entities and on prescribed corporate Commonwealth entities, but not on state, territory or local government, which each have their own rules.