A Senior Responsible Owner, who is either a Senior Executive or Senior Manager, is to be nominated by the departmental Secretary or Chief Executive Officer for each procurement project subject to a Gateway Review. Senior Responsible Owners ensure that Gateway Review requirements are implemented for the project for which they are responsible. This includes:
managing the implementation of the Gateway Review requirements;
arranging for completion of projects’ complexity rating using the PPM and classifying them;
liaising with the departmental Secretary or the Senior Executive nominated as responsible for procurement on the risk rating for the project;
providing a copy of the completed PPM risk assessment to the Gateway Unit; and
coordinating Gateway Reviews of the project with the Gateway Unit.