Tag: procurement

NSW Labor’s procurement reforms ‘cost neutral’

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Improving small business access to government tendering and significantly increasing the number of contracts going to the smaller suppliers would have a neutral impact on the state Budget, according...

NSW govt extends $110m Salesforce deal

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The New South Wales government has prolonged the life of its cloud software deal with Salesforce ahead of the state election, providing agencies with access to the arrangement for...

DTA renews government-wide IBM deal for $725m

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government has inked a fresh deal with technology giant IBM at a cost of $725 million over the next five years after the former whole-of-government arrangement doubled...

NSW govt just misses 30% SME tech procurement target

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The New South Wales government has fallen short of its ambitious target to spend 30 per cent of its annual technology procurement budget with local small to medium-sized enterprise....

Horror audit had ‘material impact’ on DTA relationships

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A damning audit of the procurement practices at the Digital Transformation Agency has harmed its “psyche” and had a material impact on its relationship with other agencies, its chief...

10 bidders seek compo from botched Industry dept procurement

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Industry department is negotiating compensation claims with nearly a dozen unsuccessful tenderers to its flagship business support program after the federal watchdog exposed serious problems with the procurement...