The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) is to refresh its ICT capabilities with many of its major ICT service arrangements due to expire over the coming 18 months.
Chief Information Officer at DAFF, Mark Sawade said the Department had opened the first request for tender (RFT) under its ICT Strategic Sourcing Program.
Mr Sawade said as the technology environment continues to evolve, the Department’s ICT sourcing model needed to adapt and become future-ready.
“It’s been over a decade since the Department engaged with the technology market to understand current opportunities, contemporary capabilities and practices,” Mr Sawade said.
“The importance of our work across trade, policy, regulation and biosecurity means that our digital products, platforms and tools must not only be up to scratch but deliver lasting change,” he said.
“That demands integrated solutions that streamline imports and exports and underpin efficient policy, regulation and service delivery for our clients and the Australian public.”
Mr Sawade said many of DAFF’s major ICT service arrangements would expire over the coming 18 months, “so it is timely for us to approach the market via the RFT process to understand what opportunities are available.”
He said the program would provide core ICT services to support the Department’s digital delivery agenda and future requirements, as well as its strategic priorities and objectives in line with the whole-of-government direction.
“It will modernise the Department’s ICT sourcing portfolio by developing market-aligned, flexible and scalable bundles to meet evolving and changing needs,” the Chief Information Officer said.
“Over the coming 12 months, the Department’s ICT Strategic Sourcing Program will approach the market for a total of six bundles of ICT services over three progressive tranches.”
Mr Sawade said this first RFT would provide for Enterprise Service Management Services.
