The Aboriginal Procurement Policy (the Policy) mandates progressive targets for the award of contracts to Aboriginal businesses, with the 2020-21 financial year target of 3 per cent seeking to challenge WA Government agencies’ buying behaviours.
The Department of Finance (Finance) is committed to monitoring and measuring the impact of the Policy’s introduction, and detailing the contracting success of the Aboriginal business sector.
The data contained within this Report relates to contract award information extracted from Tenders WA (unless otherwise specified) for the period of 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021 (the Period) and is subject to the accuracy of that information.
This Period demonstrates a further increase to the number of contracts awarded to Aboriginal businesses and meaningful contract values. Of the 284 contracts awarded throughout the state, 217 contracts are valued over $100,000 (76 per cent).
Once again, strong participation in WA Government contracting has been demonstrated by Aboriginal businesses based in the regions, winning 61 per cent of all Aboriginal business contracts with the Kimberley once again being the strongest region.
