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icare goes back to Capgemini despite procurement scandal

New South Wales state insurer icare has handed a $38.5 million contract to the same consulting firm it was found to have favoured in a 2015 procurement scandal involving...

Procurement inquiry to scrutinise lobby-linked tech contracts

31 March 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

The suppliers and government agencies linked to an emerging lobbying scandal may be called before a parliamentary inquiry within weeks to explain the influence of a consulting firm linked...

Katy Gallagher’s procurement changes go under the microscope

30 March 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

Finance minister Katy Gallagher has ordered an inquiry into the changes she made to the procurement rules guiding an $80 billion annual spend. The minister last year tweaked the...

Single supplier procurements the norm in lobby-linked tech contracts

28 March 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

Government officials approached only one supplier in $472 million worth of technology procurements tainted by a developing lobbying scandal. Many of these were marked as “open tender” despite only...

‘Follow the money’: Lobby-linked contracts had real conflicts of interest

27 March 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

A fifth of the government procurements linked to an alleged lobbying scandal involving tech suppliers and former minister Stuart Robert had either conflicts of interest, poor value for money...

NSW Labor’s procurement reforms ‘cost neutral’

24 March 2023 | 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...

‘Govt should lead by example’: NSW Labor promises procurement reform

9 March 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

A New South Wales Labor government would overhaul state procurement to give more consideration of the domestic supply chains and flow on benefits local suppliers create, while also introducing...

NSW govt extends $110m Salesforce deal

8 February 2023 | 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...

12% of suppliers dominate $8.6bn Digital Marketplace: ANAO

3 February 2023 | by Justin Hendry

A relatively small group of suppliers have dominated the Digital Marketplace set up by the federal government to encourage competition, new data shows. Just 12 per cent of its...

Govt contract amendments hand suppliers billions after signing

2 February 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

The value of amendments to existing government contracts skyrocketed to $28 billion last year, a seven-fold increase over the decade, according to new analysis of AusTender data. The use...

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icare goes back to Capgemini despite procurement scandal

Procurement inquiry to scrutinise lobby-linked tech contracts

Katy Gallagher’s procurement changes go under the microscope

Single supplier procurements the norm in lobby-linked tech contracts

‘Follow the money’: Lobby-linked contracts had real conflicts of interest

NSW Labor’s procurement reforms ‘cost neutral’

‘Govt should lead by example’: NSW Labor promises procurement reform

NSW govt extends $110m Salesforce deal

12% of suppliers dominate $8.6bn Digital Marketplace: ANAO

Govt contract amendments hand suppliers billions after signing

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