I Think We Are Entitled To Have Really Well Managed And Delivered Federal Technology Procurement.

There was a lot on the topic last week:First we had this:Thursday, 22 September 2022 07:29Audit office releases scathing report on DTA ' s ignoring of procurement rulesBySam VargheseThe Australian National Audit Office has released a scathing report about the Digital Transformation Agency ' s handling of nine selected procurements, saying it " did not conduct the procurements effectively and its approach fell short of ethical requirements " .Inthe review, released on Wednesday, the ANAO also said for these nine procurements the DTA failed to manage contracts effectively and, while it had a procurement framework, the implementation and oversight of it were weak. The original value of seven of these procurements was $25.4 million, but the amount blew out to $55.7 million by July 2022.The review said of one direct-approach procurement that the contract value had increased 40 times from $121,000 to close to $5 million over two years.This procurement involved a direct approach to a company known as Nous Group for myGov funding case support. Initially, Services Australia told DTA in March 2020 that some Nous contractors were available for hire.The company agreed to begin work on myGov updates with a change to a Services Australia contract, but began the work before the contract was finalised. The new contract was signed on 25 May 2020 for $121,000 and then varied 10 times to take its final value to $4.9 million.Another case study involved a direct approach by the DTA to the company...
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