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Australia : FG to make contracts more accessible with new ICT Procurement Taskforce
Publish Date : 30-Nov-2016
In order to receive feedback from small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and startups on they way government ICT contracts can become more accessible to small innovators, the Federal Government has launched an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Procurement Taskforce.
Conventionally, the procurement space has been dominated by a handful of leading global IT firms, but the federal government is looking to change that by launching an ICT Procurement Taskforce.
Launching the taskforce, Angus Taylor, Assistant Minister for Cities and Digital Transformation in Canberra, said, "The Australian Government is committed to improving the lives of all Australians through more effective digital servicesthe opportunity is too great to ignore. For this reason, the Government has established the ICT Procurement Taskforce to work with industry on how to make it cheaper and easier to deliver world leading digital services."
Taylor issued a discussion paper and called for private sector submissions into opening up the governments $5.6 billion annual tech budget to innovative smaller businesses that have earlier been excluded from doing business with state departments.
Taylor added, "Weve got to let the outside in; government needs to be porous. We need to open up our ICT contracts to smaller players to solve Government problems. To capitalize on digital solutions in the private sector, we need to remove barriers for start-ups and SMEs who want to pitch their ideas and win Government ICT work."
To further engage with smaller providers, the Taskforce has sought feedback on how to boost innovation in government through ICT procurement, looking at the experiences smaller providers have had with the procurement process.
