Government procurement

Australian small business and family enterprise ombud has slammed the government for rejecting most of his procurement recommendations.

Only contracts exceeding $150k are recorded in the register of NSW government contracts and published on the eTendering website.

Courtney Houssos has the new government procurement and domestic manufacturing portfolio; Steve Whan is now minister for skills, TAFE and tertiary education.

The NSW government has narrowly missed a key SME milestone for tech purchasing. But it’s still streaks ahead of Canberra.

Changes to domestic laws in India will mean a new free trade deal with Australia will come into effect by the end of next month.

Some South Australian government agencies claim they don’t have the resources or expertise to support the needs of cloud computing. 

Refinitiv deals in data. Through the best data gathering technology we: source, curate, manage and update thousands of data sources. If there’s one question every senior public servant uniformly dreads being asked when appearing at an oversight Committee, it’s how they missed something later easily found in the lead-up to a major scandal or collapse. […]

The commonwealth’s proposals for procuring government consultancies are a step in the right direction, but more needs to be done to address the challenges raised in recent years.