Tag: procurement

Health agency ‘captured’ by Accenture looks to reset

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The lone technology supplier for the national health record system “captured” the government agency responsible for it in an arrangement that is taking years to unpick but could be...

PwC federal work ban extended until mid-2025

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Consulting giant PwC will be barred from bidding on new federal government work until at least mid-next year, extending a public service directive mutually agreed by the firm and...

Panel beaters: Audit lays bare Digital Marketplace misuse

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Canberra’s $15 billion tech panel is being routinely exploited by officials, who use it as a veneer of competition when handing hundreds of millions of dollars to their preferred...

DFAT officials, contractors investigated over dodgy deals

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Investigations have been launched into more than a dozen officials and contractors at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Australian Passport Office over its cowboy procurements. The probes...

‘More work to be done’: NSW procurement tightened again

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
All nine recommendations from a NSW procurement inquiry will be supported by the Minns government, including more consideration of retained economic benefit and an easier path for small suppliers...