Small and medium-sized businesses will gain priority access to select government technology and consulting contracts worth less than $125,000 under forthcoming changes to procurement rules.
But the update will not prevent a foreign firm from bidding for and winning contracts under the open tendering threshold, which is being raised for the first time in two decades after inflation eroded its value.
Agencies will also now be required to consider a …
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