Tag: procurement

Multinationals ‘gaming’ SME procurement rules: Bruce Billson

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Multinational businesses are gaming Commonwealth Procurement Rules to maintain their tendering advantage over small and medium- sized enterprises, according to Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson....

SMEs locked out of govt marketplace for six more months

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Startups and smaller tech firms wanting to break into the federal government market will have to wait another six months to do so after the Digital Transformation Agency pushed...

NACC referral for Stuart Robert and lobby-linked tech procurements

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Alleged procurement conflicts of interest between former government services and NDIS minister Stuart Robert and a consulting firm co-owned by a “longtime friend, business partner and political fundraiser” have...

New ATO mainframe pushes IBM deal to $900m in nine months

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
IBM has secured almost $900 million in federal work through its renewed whole-of-government sourcing agreement in less than nine months, with a new mainframe at the Tax Office pushing...

AIIA urges govt to use tech budget to reach net zero goal

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The carbon footprint of the federal government’s vast technology estate should be measured as a first step toward incentivising agencies to redirect billions in spending to energy-efficient clouds and...

Defence slams the brakes on Big Four spending

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Department of Defence reduced spending with the Big Four consulting giants by an average 40 per cent in the 2022/23 financial year, the first full 12 month reporting...