Important information about invoicing the Ministry and getting paid
Getting paid accurately and on time is important. To avoid delays follow these guidelines.
Purchase orders
We use purchase orders to order and pay for most of our purchases. We email purchase orders directly to providers once the requested goods or services have been approved for purchase. If you are asked to supply goods or services to the Ministry and have not received a purchase order please ask if one is required.
Our standard terms and conditions of purchase are not printed on our purchase orders but are available from this website.
Invoicing us
Getting paid accurately and on time is important. To make the invoicing and payment process go smoothly follow the tips below.
Our payments
If you have a contract with us it will state the payment terms. If there is no contract in place our standard terms of purchase will apply.
We make payments to providers by electronic funds transfer. Payments are electronically deposited directly into your nominated bank account.
We will email you a remittance advice once the payment has been made.
Maintaining your details
If you change your bank account information, email address, company name, or any other information previously provided to us, please let us know at accountspayable.suppliermaintenance@education.govt.nz so we can ensure our systems are updated and your payments are made correctly.
To change your bank account information we need to verify your bank account details. To do this we will need the following:
The document you send us must have both the bank’s logo and the account number. Make sure the bank account you use on your invoice is the same one you send to us for verifying.