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 [...]
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 [...]
In May 2012, AGIMO completed a review of the Whole-of-Government Telecommunications Commodities, Carriage and Associated Services Panel (the Mobile Phone Panel).
The review found that the Panel arrangement did not offer satisfactory value for money when compared with other methods of supply for commodity hardware products such as mobile handsets and accessories. The review also found [...]
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