Tag: ICT procurement

IBM govt contract renewal: It’s deal time!

Posted on   |  by Catherine Thompson
In 2018, the then-Minister for Digital Transformation Michael Keenan announced a wide-ranging five-year whole-of-government contract with IBM. With an estimated contract value of $1 billion, this contract has recently...

Have your say: Public sector procurement survey

Posted on   |  by James Riley
By any yardstick, federal spending on information technology products and services is massive. Depending on the ebb and flow of tech projects, that spending amounts to somewhere between $7...

From digital delivery to digital democracy

Posted on   |  by Dr Lesley Seebeck
Australian government approaches to technology have defaulted to two over-riding themes: delivery and efficiency. The lack of progress – and of transparency around activities, expenditure, or accountability – suggests...

Local tech gets overlooked by govt again

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has rightly connected the government’s big investment into its digital economy strategy to its program of economic recovery. But it is a lost opportunity if the...

DTA Marketplace did not follow rules: Audit

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Digital Transformation Agency did not follow procurement rules when establishing its Digital Marketplace and the processes behind it are “still not robust”, according to the national audit office....

Finance GovERP makes a joke of reform

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Remember a few years back when ICT procurement reform was all about breaking up big vendor contracts? Remember no contracts were to be valued at more than $100 million,...

The marketplace needs a boost

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government’s Digital Marketplace should be celebrated for the role it has played in driving new digital workforce skills into the public sector. But it has failed in...

Husic to act on ‘digital poachers’

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Large tech vendors that continually steal talented digital staff out of the Public Service can expect closer scrutiny, and run the risk of being penalised when it comes time...

Labor to open ICT procurement

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Opposition’s new “local projects, local jobs” procurement policy would help small Australian tech companies secure government contracts, shadow industry minister Kim Carr said. A slew of Labor shadow...