Tag: procurement

KPMG pulls in $16m from govt amid its shadow ban

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
KPMG has been awarded more than $16 million in federal work since Canberra’s shadow ban began in June, including two new contracts with Defence, leading to calls for the...

NDIA’s Salesforce procurement probe drags into third year

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A review of a scandal-linked technology procurement at the National Disability Insurance Agency has dragged on for three years and remains ongoing eight months after the minister was assured...

Canberra’s six-week Microsoft splurge nears $2bn

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Federal government Microsoft contracts are closing in on $2 billion in less than two months, with dozens more agencies signing on to new multi-year contracts under the latest iteration...

$1bn in a month: Govt’s Microsoft bill skyrockets

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Federal agencies have signed more than $1 billion in new contracts for Microsoft software licences and cloud services in the past 30 days as sweeping multi-year government subscriptions are...

$500k in vendor gift offers in one year exposed by DTA

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Some of the federal government’s largest technology suppliers offered public officials almost $500,000 in gifts and hospitality in a single year, a review triggered by a Salesforce scandal has...

Accenture’s election tech deal leaps to $67m in six months

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
An outsourced technology project to operationalise new political donation disclosures and election spending cap laws has more than doubled in contracted costs to almost $67 million in six months,...

NewsWrap: Defence needs a better Aussie procurement pathway

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Defence Industry minister Pat Conroy does not believe that Australian ownership – and the control that ownership infers – is the most important ingredient for building a sovereign industrial...