The Mike Baird government has substantially widened its key technology procurement mechanism, the ICT Services Scheme, to include hardware acquisition, software licencing and telecommunications contracts to reduce the costly process of tendering.
5 May, 2014
By Paul Hemsley The New South Wales government has listed electronics company Ricoh IT Services as a registered supplier with the NSW Government ICT Services Scheme, which the company hopes will boost its involvement in state government projects. The accreditation of Ricoh IT Services by the NSW government to become an ‘Advanced Registered Partner’ will […]
24 September, 2013
By Paul Hemsley New South Wales Minister for Finance and Services, Greg Pearce has simplified the means for state government agencies to procure telecommunications equipment, infrastructure and services in a new plan that reflects the O’Farrell government’s broader plan of creating a single and consistent way for agencies to operate procurement. The scheme has been […]
21 May, 2013
By Paul Hemsley New South Wales Minister for Finance and Services Greg Pearce has launched the state government’s latest procurement blueprint as Macquarie Street attempts to repair previously strained relationships with the supplier community and deliver better value to taxpayers. Known as the Strategic Directions Statement, the new guidelines aim to simplify and untangle the […]
4 December, 2012
By Julian Bajkowski and Paul Hemsley The New South Wales government has maintained a crucial concession to the local software industry and continued arrangements that cede intellectual property (IP) rights back to technology developers by default – rather than returning a system where the government retains IP under state procurement deals. The confirmation that existing […]
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