Field                   Business

 

Review of Public Sector Procurement unit standards and qualification

 

Unit Standards

Subfield

Domain

ID

Public Sector Services

Public Sector Procurement

20918-20925

 

Qualification

Qualification Title

Reference

National Diploma in Public Sector Services (Procurement)

1137

 

Learning State Limited has completed the review of the unit standards and qualification listed above.

 

Date report published                                                                        November 2010

 

Summary

 

This qualification and associated unit standards in the Public Sector Procurement domain were reviewed as part of Learning State Limited's review schedule.

 

To date there has been no usage of the qualification and minimal usage of the unit standards.  Consultation with the sector indicated that there was very little support for the continuation of this qualification.  Also, the expiry of unit standards 9674-9676 in December 2008, which were included in the qualification, made it unachievable.

 

As a result of the review the qualification, unit standards and the Public Sector Procurement domain will be designated expiring with no replacements.

 

Unit standards

 

Main changes

 

The unit standards below have been designated expiring and will expire at the end of December 2010.

 

Unit standards categorised as category D expire at the end of December 2010

 

Detailed list of unit standards - classification, title, level and credits

 

Key to review category

 

A

Dates changed, but no other changes are made - the new version of the standard carries the same Id and a new version number

B

Changes made, but the overall outcome remains the same - the new version of the standard carries the same Id and a new version number

C

Major changes that necessitate the registration of a replacement standard with a new Id

D

Standard will expire and not be replaced

 

Business > Public Sector Services > Public Sector Procurement

ID

Title

Level

Credit

Review Category

20918

Plan procurement in the public sector

6

8

D

20919

Request and receive offers in a public sector procurement process

6

8

D

20920

Award public sector procurement contracts

6

8

D

20921

Manage contracts in a public sector procurement process

6

8

D

20922

Plan for procurement outcomes in a public sector context

7

8

D

20923

Identify and analyse public sector procurement processes

5

8

D

20924

Purchase goods and/or services in a public sector organisation

4

8

D

20925

Manage the evaluation of tenders for a contract in a public sector procurement process

7

8

D

 

Qualification

 

Main changes

 

Learning State Limited is not aware of any learners currently enrolled in training leading to the following qualification.  Consequently, there are no transition implications and the qualification has been designated expiring and will expire immediately (November 2010) with no replacement.

 

National Diploma in Public Sector Services (Procurement) [Ref: 1137]

 

Review category

D

See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report

 

Any learner or who feels they have been disadvantaged by this review may contact Learning State Limited at the address below:

 

Learning State Limited

PO Box 25293

Wellington 6416

Telephone     04 495 1410

Email              qualifications@learningstate.govt.nz

 

Key to Qualification Review Categories

 

Category A

The qualification is published as a new version with the same NQF ID

Changes are made to SSB name, contact details or purpose statement

No change is made to title, rules or components of the qualification

No transition arrangements are required

Category B

The qualification is published as a new version with the same NQF ID

Changes are made to title, rules or components

The new version of the qualification recognises a similar skill set to that recognised by the previous version

The SSB is confident that people awarded the new or previous version are comparable in terms of competence

Transition arrangements are required if candidates must gain additional/different credits for the new version

Category C

A new (replacement) qualification is published with new NQF ID

Significant changes are made to the qualification in terms of components, structure, type or level

The SSB views people with the replacement qualification as being significantly different in terms of competence from those with the replaced qualification

Transition arrangements are required

Transition may be limited to phase-out dates

Category D

Qualification will expire.

There is no replacement qualification

Qualification is no longer required by industry

The qualification is designated as expiring and a last date for meeting the qualification requirements is set