Tag: procurement

NSW procurement reforms slow out of the blocks

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Changes to how NSW government agencies must use local suppliers or at least justify why not have hit early hurdles, while other procurement reforms promised more than two years...

NDIA’s Salesforce bill blows out to $170 million

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The cost of Salesforce at the National Disability Insurance Agency grew more than $30 million in six months despite serious concerns about the probity and management of the original...

AWS’s Canberra mega-deal surges past $400m

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A controversial AWS whole of government agreement has surged to more than $400 million in just four months, putting it on pace to eclipse both previous iterations by the...

Call for crackdown on Big Four software tie-ups

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Big Four consulting firms that have commercial agreements with software vendors would be barred from advising federal government agencies on technology projects under a proposal from TechnologyOne. In a...

‘Time pressures’ hang over NDIA technology overhaul

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The potential overhaul of NDIS backend technologies is occurring under “considerable time pressures”, with the agency leading it declining to grant extensions to vendors considering making a proposal. The...

NDIA mulls tech overhaul after procurement scandal

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The National Disability Insurance Agency is considering an overhaul of its technology stack that could see it abandon a scandal linked Salesforce system after investing almost $150 million in...

Finance department wraps up PwC investigation

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government has completed its investigation into whether Big Four consulting giant PwC should be allowed to resume bidding for new Commonwealth work in the wake of the...