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NSW shortlists e-market tendersTessa DentonAPRIL 24, 2002
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COMPAQ, Fujitsu and Logica Australia have been shortlisted from a field of 18 bidders to develop the NSW Government's $17 billion electronic procurement marketplace.
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In national terms, the IT tender is one of the largest and most lucrative e-government contracts available, because of NSW's high level of government expenditure and the increased level of small and medium enterprise participation it is expected to deliver.
As one of the contract conditions, the system must be able to process 11 million orders per year.
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The State Government spends $17 billion annually on purchasing goods and services including capital projects, and it is aiming to eventually switch most of it requirements online, in line with its e-government policy. Items purchased by Government can range from pencils to a fully operational hospital.
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The government is expecting to be able to use its aggregated buying power to gain savings and efficiencies, but it also wants to convince more local process to migrate to the internet.
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The Minister of Public Works and Services, Morris Iemma, expects to announce the winning tenderer in June, and has outlined a launch date for the new e-marketplace to be operating in September.
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One of the next new services due to be unveiled by the Department of Public Works and Services is iplan, a State-wide framework for electronic planning information services, which will allow electronic lodgement of building and development planning applications.
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