Project Integration And Procurement Management

Running Head: Project Integration And Procurement Management
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PROJECT INTEGRATION AND PROCUREMENT
MANAGEMENT

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Table of contents
Gas market in Australia...................................................................................................................3
Future Trends in Australian Gas Market.........................................................................................5
Sustainable Procurement Practices..................................................................................................6
Impact of technologies on customers..............................................................................................7
Impact of technologies on gas producers.........................................................................................8
Plan for project integration management.........................................................................................8
Procurement management plan for AGL.....................................................................................9
Responsibility and roles in the procure management................................................................10
Identifications of procurement needs.........................................................................................11
Vendor process of AGL Company.............................................................................................12
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................12
Reference List................................................................................................................................13

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Gas market in Australia
A large part of the Australian population is dependent on the resource of natural gas,
which is widely available in a few distinctive parts of this country. The Gas markets are
concentrated in three parts of the country namely, Eastern, Western and Northern. AEMC or
Australian Energy Market Commission is the policy adviser to the Government of Australia
(Aemc.gov.au, 2018). Along with this, AER, COAG, and AEMO take important role in the
procurement and distribution policy of natural gas (Al Hinai et al. 2014). AGL is a provider of
electricity and gas in Australia and occupies a leading position in Australian gas market.
There are three independent market operators that regulate market operations in three parts of
the gas market. AEMO or Australian Energy Market Operator looks after the market operations
in South-eastern Australia. IMO or Independent Market Operator takes care of Western
Australia. Retail Energy Market Company Ltd or REMCo is the retail market operator in
Western Australia.

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Figure 1: Energy Supply Chain
(Source: Eex.gov.au, 2018)
The state purchasing boards procure natural gas from the gas producers through State
Purchase Contracts or SPC. Through these contracts, the states are entitled to get discounted
rates of natural gas. The supply of natural is dominated by a few suppliers that control the supply
chain management (Eex.gov.au, 2018). There are few components such as energy commodity,
network of services and Retail Services that constructs the supply chain of natural gas in
Australia.