Tag: procurement

‘Horrified’ NDIA’s Salesforce probe drags past 2 years

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The National Disability Insurance Agency has handed Salesforce almost $100 million in the two years it has been investigating suspected misconduct of its staff that involved the software giant....

DTA procurement reforms fall short in follow-up audit

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Digital Transformation Agency continues to struggle to meet its obligations under the Commonwealth Procurement Rules, three years after it was first pulled up for widespread non-compliance. A follow-up...

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...