The data centre strategy team has developed a better practice guide on data centre power, and is seeking comments from industry and agencies. This is the first of a planned series of better practice guides. Other topics may include cooling, fire protection, physical structure, environmental considerations, security and data centre infrastructure management.
The aim of [...]
Category Archives: Procurement
Better Practice Guide for Data Centre Power Released for Comment
- 20
- Jun
Why is Commonwealth Procurement a Big Red Bus
- 13
- Jun
Hi procurement fans,
This is the second of our procurement blog posts. As an extra treat, not only is there a transcript of a speech but there is also a YouTube video. For those of you who can’t get enough of Australian Government Procurement, it should be just what you need.
The new blog format includes a [...]
Sharpening the Pencils – CIPSA
- 12
- Jun
Hi all,
This is the first post in a series that will form the Australian Government Procurement blog. I hope that like our work on the ICT blogs, our stakeholders will find this a useful communication mechanism – in both directions. It won’t be just a broadcast channel. We really do want your opinions.
This speech was [...]
Release of Cloud Computing Policy v2
- 29
- May
Today at the CeBIT Australia 2013 conference in Sydney, I released the Australian Government Cloud Computing Policy v2. The policy is an update of the Cloud Computing Strategic Direction Paper which AGIMO released in April 2011.
The update recognises that the cloud market in Australia has matured significantly in the last two years, and that there [...]
Mobile Panel Review – Views sought from interested parties
- 29
- Apr
The Whole of Government Telecommunications Commodities, Carriage and Associated Services Panel (“the Panel”) has been established since January 2011.
In the first part of 2012, Finance reviewed the performance of the Panel, which resulted in:
accessories being removed from the scope of the Panel from 1 July 2012; and
a 12 month moratorium (from 23 July 2012) being [...]
Response to the Data Centres Sourcing Arrangement Consultation
- 24
- Apr
Thank you to everyone who has responded to my posting both through the Blog and via email. The response was generally positive, with a number of respondents making comments on the changing market and welcoming a more flexible strategy to meet the Government’s requirements. In particular, the majority of industry and agency respondents were positive [...]
Government procurement supporting Australian businesses
- 10
- Apr
As the Australian Whole of Government Procurement Coordinator, I am very pleased to release a report on Analysis of Australian and Overseas contracts by the Australian Government. This report analyses over 82,000 Australian Government contracts worth in excess of $41 billion as listed on AusTender, the Australian Government’s central procurement information system.
Below are some interesting [...]
Government Information Technology and Communications (GITC) 4.1 Contractual Framework
- 04
- Apr
On 17 January this year, we launched a review into the use of the Government Information Technology and Communications (GITC) 4.1 Contractual Framework .
The results have now been collated and analysed. It showed that there is benefit in retaining the GITC as a product/tool available to Australian Government agencies. That said, comments from users indicated [...]
ICT Panel Expo – 27 March 2013 – Media opportunity
- 22
- Mar
The Australian Government ICT Panel Expo is an event run by Finance to showcase whole of Australian Government ICT procurement arrangements. It presents information about procurement panels and other arrangements that can be of benefit to agencies wanting to procure a range of ICT solutions and services. The Expo is being held next Wednesday the [...]
