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ICT Procurement - Topics A-Z

Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about best practices and examples of information and communications technology (ICT) procurement within the government.

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Medicare launches review into ICT procurement

IBM keen to secure new tender, by Darren Pauli. Computerworld, 31 March 2008. "Medicare is re-evaluating its ICT procurement strategy after placing its lucrative ICT contract up for renewal..."

Added: 31 March 2008; Page views: 847 Rating: 0 Votes: 0

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Feds revise IT procurement model

Changes make it easier to deal with government, by Rodney Gedda. Computerworld, 28 May 2007. "The federal government has launched version two of the SourceIT model contracts and user notes aimed at simplifying procurement of information technology 12 months after the first version..."

Added: 29 May 2007; Page views: 1,053 Rating: 0 Votes: 0

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Ontario opens up for IT negotiations

A pilot project could give both the province and its providers more wiggle room before large, multi-million dollar contracts are signed. Assistant Deputy Minister Neil Sentance discusses the impact on RFPs, by Shane Schick. ITbusiness.ca, 12 July 2006. "The Ontario government is going to be giving the suppliers it uses for large IT projects more bargaining power through a pilot project that could eventually become a standard part of the province’s standard procurement policy..."

Added: 14 July 2006; Page views: 2,720 Rating: 0 Votes: 0

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Agencies not clear about ICT procurement plans

by Sandra Rossi, Computerworld. cio.com, 5 July 2006. "Suppliers will have a tough time meeting the federal government's ICT needs in the 2006-07 financial year, because not all agencies are forthcoming with procurement plans, according to market researcher Intermedium. Procurement plans published by federal government agencies for the 2006-07 financial year contain a number of major ICT initiatives but the volume of plans posted by the big agencies is well below what is expected..."

Added: 11 July 2006; Page views: 1,590 Rating: 0 Votes: 0

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Wales looks at joint purchasing

Kablenet, 29 June 2006. "The Welsh Assembly has published proposals for groups of public sector organisations to collaborate in procuring ICT. Welsh public sector organisations will be encouraged to collaborate in major ICT purchases in future, under proposals published by the Assembly Government on 22 June 2006. The proposals are aimed at saving which aim to save £120m by 2008..."

Added: 3 July 2006; Page views: 1,520 Rating: 0 Votes: 0

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Feds release new ICT contracts

By Iain Ferguson. ZDNet Australia, 31 May 2006. "The federal government has released drafts of several new information and communications technology (ICT) procurement contracts designed to make contracting with its agencies easier..."

Added: 1 June 2006; Page views: 1,460 Rating: 0 Votes: 0

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Find a common path

Kablenet, 17 March 2006. "A new report urges Scottish public sector bodies to take a more standardised approach to IT procurement. The Scottish Executive published Review of Public Procurement in Scotland, written by businessman John McClelland, on 15 March 2006. It says the sector's implementations of information systems are often delayed and overrun their costs, due to a poor grasp of the effort needed to change business processes and the adding of new requirements to a systems specification. The use of standard or tried and tested applications could help to overcome the shortcomings..."

Added: 21 March 2006; Page views: 1,780 Rating: 0 Votes: 0

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Review of Public Procurement in Scotland - Report and Recommendations

by John F. McClelland. Scottish Executive, March 2006. "In 2005, at the request of the Minister for Finance and Public Sector Reform, I commenced a detailed review of Public Sector Procurement in Scotland. The remit of this review is to report on status and provide recommendations in the following areas: Current structure and organisation; Current skills and capability; Current practices and procedures; Performance indicators and targets; Opportunity for improvements and new techniques..."

Added: 21 March 2006; Page views: 2,041 Rating: 0 Votes: 0

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Encourage local talent? It's all too hard

Some state governments still believe that if software is made in Australia, it can't be any good, writes Graeme Philipson. Sydney Morning Herald, March 14, 2006. "A long time ago, in the 1980s, I did an extensive consultancy job for market research company IDC. One of its clients wanted a complete rundown of IT use in every state government in Australia. That included details on how each state engaged with its IT industry - procurement policy, industry assistance, tax breaks and the like. It was months of work, interviewing IT managers and bureaucrats in every state..."

Added: 14 March 2006; Page views: 2,659 Rating: 0 Votes: 0

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SA government to streamline tender process for SMEs

By Leila Henderson. ZDNet Australia, 17 February 2006. "The South Australian government is moving to streamline its procurement processes for information and communications technology (ICT) to reduce the high opportunity cost of bidding for government contracts, especially for small to medium enterprises (SME)s..."

Added: 27 February 2006; Page views: 2,085 Rating: 0 Votes: 0

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