Tag: procurement

NSW govt relying on global tech companies to build local talent

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The New South Wales government’s head of procurement says the state will build capability and capacity by outsourcing technology work to multinationals, but is confident their social programs are...

Procurement dollars to drive local industry outcomes: Husic

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Shadow Industry minister Ed Husic has called on governments to attach industry development goals and economic growth outcomes to procurement decisions, whether it’s in relation to large-scale infrastructure projects...

Don Punch on WA’s innovation priorities

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Western Australia’s new Innovation Minister Don Punch wants more IP kept in the state, government services reshaped around citizen needs, and to grow the local ICT sector through state...

Govt technology procurement is a ‘vulnerability’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The procurement process is a key point of weakness in the government’s development and use of emerging technologies, and human rights need to be better considered in this process,...

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 ‘oversight’ kept $66M SAP contract hidden

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Digital Transformation Agency gave German multinational SAP a contract worth more than $65 million for cloud services in June last year but failed to publish the tender notice...

Tech giants list as SMEs on NSW procurement site

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Global technology companies are listing themselves as small to medium enterprises (SMEs) on the NSW government’s tech procurement platform, raising concerns they may be able to take advantage of...

Procurement policy holds cyber startups back

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s cybersecurity startups have matured to a point where many have global potential. But a lack of support from the federal government in both policy and procurement is holding...

Let’s formalise a ‘Made in Australia’ Office

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australian companies might be concerned about an increasingly protectionist United States and the spectre of a newly issued Made in America presidential executive order, but the Australian Government is...