Power Group Purchasing™ © Governance Five™ ©

Power Group Purchasing™ © Governance Five™ © integrates three essential domains under one practical system for ethical decision-making and structured participation:

• Responsible performance frameworks — how organisations report and demonstrate stewardship, impact, and risk.
• Social value — the human, community, and stability outcomes that responsible governance is meant to create.
• Sovereign capability — ensuring national investment and procurement strengthen local skills, industries, and resilience.

Through the flow — Govern → Engage → Aggregate → Deliver → Evolve™ © — Governance Five™ aligns all three:

• Social value defines why it matters.
• Sovereign capability secures who benefits and what endures.
• Power Group Purchasing™ systemises how ethical decision-making is delivered, recorded, and proven.

Ethical governance explains what should matter. Social value explains why it matters. Power Group Purchasing™ © explains how to deliver it – lawfully, transparently, impartially, and in the public and national interest.

Its traceability principles are now mirrored in ASIC Report 819 (Oct 2025) and emerging global assurance standards, which formalise the same requirement: proof of structure, accountability, and lawful governance.

The Framework operates at the intersection of:

• Structured public-value decision-making — ensuring governance choices are evidence-based, lawful, and transparent.
• Sovereign-capability uplift — strengthening national capacity, skills, and resilience through ethical procurement and investment.
• Ethical participation and trust in delivery — embedding fairness, transparency, impartiality, and accountability throughout engagement and execution.
• Community-centred governance and outcomes traceability — ensuring decisions can be traced back to the people, priorities, and principles they were meant to serve.

All use of the Power Group Purchasing™ © / Governance Five™ © Framework is licensed to ensure lawful, transparent, and accountable application across all participants. It operates without political or ideological alignment. Its purpose is lawful governance, not advocacy, consulting, or lobbying.

Power Group Purchasing™ © is not theory — it is the how.
How trust is built. How fairness is demonstrated. How purpose becomes measurable.

It begins with governance — clear, ethical leadership.
It moves through engagement — stakeholders at the table under transparent, impartial rules.
It aggregates what is learned — aligning needs, resources, and values.
It delivers results — negotiated outcomes that stand up to scrutiny.
And it evolves — learning, refining, and strengthening over time.

This is Govern → Engage → Aggregate → Deliver → Evolve™ © — a repeatable rhythm of integrity that works across community, enterprise, and government.

It shows how sovereign capability, social value, and responsible performance expectations connect — how nations, institutions, and people act with transparency, measure what matters, and prove what is fair.

This is how we align people, governance, and purpose — creating decisions that can be defended, trusted, and shown.

It recognises no borders, no ideology, and no party politics — only fairness, participation, and accountability that can be shared.

Whether you are a public agency, a business, a university, a community program, or an institution of national importance, you can apply the Governance Five™ process to strengthen integrity, transparency, and results across policy, procurement, grants, and project delivery.

• UN Convention Against Corruption.
• UN SDG 16 — strong institutions and transparency.
• OECD public-governance and integrity standards.
• ISO governance and integrity guidance.
• Global ESG and public-value reporting expectations.
• Berne Convention and WIPO treaty protections for original works, including documented governance systems and methods and their original expression.

Accountability, proof of process, and licensing fees

When organisations apply the Framework correctly, they generate a governance record: clear criteria, documented engagement, transparent evaluation, and traceable delivery. This record protects decision-makers, protects the community, and supports sovereign capability by making sure value is created in a defensible way.

Licensing fees are governance fees. They fund custodianship, education, and audit discipline required to keep the Framework neutral, lawful, and tamper-resistant — helping prevent unauthorised use, manipulation, or misrepresentation by actors claiming legitimacy they have not earned.

In practical terms, when a licensee pays a governance fee they are not purchasing a financial product. They are declaring and sustaining their participation in an authorised, independently governed system that keeps decision-making transparent, auditable, and in scope for accountability.

When does it become a paid/licensed use?

Not every structured procurement activity, buying group, or social-value initiative requires a licence. Standard commercial procurement or collaboration that does not rely on the authored Governance Five™ method is usually not in scope. Licensing is method-based, not activity-based. It is triggered when the Framework’s staged structure, logic, or language is used to shape, influence, justify, or defend public-value, social-value, ESG, or sovereign-capability outcomes, or to support decisions involving money, authority, or public trust.

Buying groups and social-value programs do not require licensing simply because they aggregate demand or talk about outcomes. Licensing applies when they use the Governance Five™ Flow or a derivative staged structure as the underlying public-value or governance method.

Scenario 0. Standard category management / business-as-usual procurement USUALLY NOT IN SCOPE

A category or procurement team runs a competitive process for cleaning services, IT hardware, or office supplies. They use good practice sourcing, commercial evaluation, and contract management. Internal documentation refers to price, quality, service levels, risk, and standard probity only. They do not use Governance Five™ materials, staged public-value language, or claims about “community uplift”, “social value”, “sovereign capability”, or “structured participation”.

In this situation, even though the process is structured and ethical, it is normal commercial procurement. It does not rely on the Power Group Purchasing™ © System, and it does not use its public-value logic or branding to influence external approvals. That is usually not a licensed use.

The boundary is crossed when the organisation starts to frame decisions, exemptions, approvals, or public claims using Governance Five™ stages or language — especially where those claims are about social value, community benefit, sovereign capability, structured participation, or public-value outcomes. At that point, the Framework is being used as a governance method, not just as generic good practice.

Scenario 1. Community safety and violence reduction PAID / LICENSED

A local program uses the Governance Five™ method to bring police, youth advocates, and community leaders into a structured engagement process. After three months, night-time assaults fall, emergency call-outs drop, and local businesses operate longer hours without incident.

That stability has dollar value: fewer police hours, fewer ambulance call-outs, fewer insurance claims, higher trading hours, safer staffing. Those avoided costs and productivity gains are public value ($).

If the program is funded, included in a tender, grant, performance report, budget case, or policy briefing, or used to claim impact like “reduced violence” or “improved public safety”, then the Framework is being used to influence money, authority, and public trust. That is licensed use and must sit under a paid tier.

If the exact avoided-cost figure is not known yet, declare the funded program value (grant/contract amount). Do not leave this at 0.

Scenario 2. Local supplier opportunity and economic participation PAID / LICENSED

A council or utility runs procurement and uses the Framework’s staged method — Govern → Engage → Aggregate → Deliver → Evolve™ © — to require that large contractors partner with local and First Nations suppliers.

The council then reports outcomes like “30 percent of total contract spend retained in-region”, “First Nations participation uplift”, “local capability development”, and “jobs retained locally”. Those are economic and public value claims.

Because those claims are used to justify contract award, defend exemptions, brief executives, or satisfy reporting obligations, the Framework is being used to influence procurement and public narrative. That is paid/licensed use.

Do not just declare consulting budget. Declare the value you influenced or defended using the Framework’s process and language.

Scenario 3. Internal planning / unfunded pilot / academic study FREE / PRE-EXECUTION

A university team, local working group, or faith-based community group uses the Framework to map stakeholders, plan safe engagement, or rehearse transparent decision-making.

There is no contract, no grant, no procurement decision, and no claim of impact being sold to leadership, government, or investors. It is planning, readiness, and education.

The moment those materials are lifted into a funding application, tender submission, exemption request, or strategic briefing, they leave free use and move into licensed use. At that point declare value in the calculator.

Scenario 4. ESG reporting and assurance PAID / LICENSED

A listed company or large institution uses the Governance Five™ structure to organise its ESG strategy, map engagement, and evidence public-value outcomes in its annual or sustainability report. The staged method underpins board papers, investor briefings, and assurance activities to demonstrate “responsible performance”, “community benefit”, or “ethical supply”.

Those ESG claims are then used to support access to capital, maintain licence to operate, respond to regulators, or differentiate in the market. Because the Framework’s logic is used to frame and defend these value claims, this is licensed use and should sit under an appropriate value-based tier.

Scenario 5. Energy transition and sovereign capability PAID / LICENSED

A government-owned or regulated energy entity applies Governance Five™ to design a transition program — aligning grid stability, local workforce development, domestic manufacturing, and community pricing outcomes. The staged method is used to justify investment, tariffs, or reliability decisions framed as “sovereign capability”, “energy security”, or “public-interest affordability”.

When those outcomes are used in regulatory submissions, business cases, tariff proposals, or public communications, the Framework is actively shaping money, authority, and sovereign narrative. That is licensed use and must be declared in the influenced value.

Scenario 6. Council group-buying and community tariffs PAID / LICENSED

A group of councils or community institutions uses the Governance Five™ method to run a collective purchasing process — for energy, essential services, or infrastructure — promoting “household savings”, “fair tariffs”, “regional jobs”, or “community resilience” as justification for the chosen arrangement.

When these outcomes are used to select providers, negotiate tariffs, seek media coverage, or report impact to members, ratepayers, or funders, the Framework is driving structured group-buying and public narrative. That is licensed use and the influenced value should reflect the scale of the collective program, not only the facilitation or consulting component.

Scenario 7. Public-value group-buying (community offers and household relief) PAID / LICENSED

A community, council, or association uses the Governance Five™ method to organise a group-buying initiative — for example, energy, essential services, or insurance — and promotes outcomes such as “household bill reductions”, “transparent community tendering”, or “fair, public-value offers”.

When these outcomes are used to select providers, negotiate tariffs, seek media coverage, or report impact to members, ratepayers, or funders, the Framework is directly shaping public-value claims and community trust. That is licensed use, and the influenced value should reflect the scale of the collective program, not only the facilitation or consulting component.

Scenario 8. Institutional, faith-based, or values-driven governance programs PAID / LICENSED

An institution — including a faith-based, cultural, or values-driven organisation — applies Governance Five™ to structure decision-making, community engagement, or social-impact programs. It then reports outcomes such as “strengthened community wellbeing”, “safer participation”, “improved trust”, or “responsible stewardship of resources” using the Framework’s staged logic.

Where these outcomes are used to support funding bids, governance reports, institutional accountability, or public communications, the Framework is being used as the underlying public-value method. In those cases, a licence is required. The focus is governance structure and public value — not beliefs — and licensing ensures that method use remains lawful, transparent, and accountable.

You are invited to review each section. Learn how this Framework helps you demonstrate integrity in practice and how correct licensing protects you, your stakeholders, and the people affected by your decisions.