Ann: New Contract Win and WA Govt ICT Services Panel Status, page-49

In all seriousness, the WA panel ann could be a game changer for Cirrus. Just a small piece of the pie is big and you would have to think we are in the game for a good shot at some of it. Perfect timing.


https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/30138721/wa-fires-up-3b-tech-tender/

WA Fires up $3b tech tender
Nick Sas
November 19, 2015, 6:33 am
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WA's new chief information officer Giles Nunis with Finance Minister Bill Marmion. Picture: Ben Crabtree/The West Australian.

The State Government will today launch the pitch for what could be Australia’s biggest information, communication and technology contract when it kicks off the GovNext tender process, estimated to be worth up to $3 billion.


About 300 ICT experts will hear the long-awaited GovNext system pitch at an event in Perth hosted by Finance Minister Bill Marmion as the State pursues its so-called “new era” of technology expenditure, which it claims could save WA taxpayers as much as $650 million over 10 years.


Through the leadership of WA’s newly appointed inaugural chief information officer Giles Nunis, the State has been working towards a Government-wide overhaul of its ICT system, which has been roundly slated as the worst in the country.


It is estimated WA spends $1 billion to $2 billion on ICT every year, or up to 5 per cent of the State’s budget.


The GovNext system will see the Government move away from owning and operating its ICT infrastructure, with outside companies hosting Government data and various other ICT structures.


It is a common trend in the private sector, with most companies now using — or at least contemplating — off-site ICT services.


Insiders have been at pains to distance GovNext from the bungled Office of Shared Services program, which was supposed to combine HR, payroll, recruitment, finance and procurement functions of State agencies. OSS was scrapped in 2011 after eating through $440 million.


GovNext will include nine government departments, representing 80 per cent of State ICT, including the major agencies health, education and police.


Government sources say implementing GovNext could cost between $2 billion to $3 billion, with the contract expected to last about 10 years.


It is understood the contract could be offered to multiple providers, with interested parties such as Microsoft, Dell, Telstra, Amcom and Empired expected to form bid consortia