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Activate mandatory minimum requirements (MMR) contract is the first stage in the process flow for all contracts using the contract management process.

The table below provides a list of Acronyms and Terms used within the Indigenous Procurement Policy (IPP), Indigenous Procurement Policy Reporting Solution (IPPRS) and the Indigenous Procurement Policy Contractor Portal (IPPCP).

When a contract has been activated, any of the Agency Contract Managers (ACM) for the contract must nominate up to three Contractor Contacts (contractor) within the contractor organisation.

Security role: Agency Contract Manager

Generally quarterly performance reports (QPRs) are entered by contractors (using the Contractor Portal). However QPRs can also be prepared by Agency Contract Managers (ACM) and Agency IPP Managers (AIM). 

The Review / Submit stage is performed by the Contractor contact using the Contractor Portal. The Agency Contract Manager (ACM) is alerted when the quarterly performance report (QPR) record has been submitted by the contractor.

The Agency Contract Manager (ACM) is responsible for acknowledging each quarterly performance report (QPR) record.

A quarterly performance report (QPR) prepared by the agency can be marked as complete, prior to review and submission by the contractor.

When the last quarterly performance report (QPR) for a contract is acknowledged by the Agency Contract Manager (ACM), the QPR reporting process is complete.

A portfolio is a minister's area of responsibility as a member of Cabinet. As a general rule, there is one department in each portfolio. Within each portfolio there are also numerous agencies.

Organisations are the entities that are contracted to deliver the goods and services procured by the government portfolio agency, either directly or sub-contracted through the supply chain.

The Indigenous Procurement Policy Reporting Solution (IPPRS) records two types of organisations:

Contract details are sourced from AusTender and are uploaded into the Indigenous Procurement Policy Reporting Solution (IPPRS) on a weekly basis.

The Contract Notice: Information form, provides the details and process flow stages to manage the mandatory minimum requirements (MMR) contracts. This process is associated with all contracts that have been nominated as:

Contract Action dialogs are used to capture changes to critical contract data such as contract type or contract exemption. Contract value and contract end date can also be changed when changes to this information is not published in the AusTender extract in a timely manner.