Start of a new era in digital government procurement processes
21 August 2018
NZ Government:
Government Digital Services Minister Clare
Curran has today announced the start a new era in
digital government
procurement processes.
Clare Curran has shared the new government digital procurement channel
Marketplace with ICT industry and government leaders at a ‘Transforming
Procurement’ event in
Wellington.
“Marketplace is all about government and the wider market working
together to achieve better outcomes for all New Zealanders. It’s an
example of transformational thinking in action,” Clare Curran says.
“It’s been co-designed by suppliers and government agencies as part of
an ongoing effort to change how we work together. It’ll dramatically
reduce barriers for suppliers engaging with government – and make
procurement easier for agencies.
“Together we can change procurement into a much more flexible, agile
process taking advantage of what digital platforms can offer and making
it easier for organisations, especially small and emerging suppliers, to
work with government.
“Over 90% of suppliers involved in testing Marketplace are New
Zealand-based small or medium sized organisations. It was great to be
able to meet some of these suppliers today and hear their positive
feedback that the Marketplace approach should be a win-win for both
customers and providers.
“The government spends around $3 billion a year on ICT, including
capital and operating expenditure, and we’re taking a leadership
position across the whole area of digital procurement to drive digital
transformation and create an open government.
“We want our ICT community to grow with
New Zealand, to contribute to our economy, and to continue
supporting greater social inclusion and better public services,” Clare
Curran says.
Marketplace has recently completed testing with agencies and suppliers
and is set to go live shortly. It will start off by providing agencies
access to a catalogue of cloud based services before expanding to offer
other products and solutions.
“This government is committed to being open and transparent. With the
development of Marketplace we are doing well, but now we want to have
the conversation about how we do even better,” Clare Curran says.
“This first iteration of Marketplace provides software as a service. We
want to continue a genuine co-design approach and work with suppliers on
where we go next, how we create value and on driving innovation for New
Zealand.”
“We are committed to making engagement with government easy to navigate,
timely and straightforward. That goes for all New Zealanders, whether
they are accessing a service or running a business.”
The ‘Transforming Procurement' event is part of New Zealand’s commitment
to the Working Party of Digital Government Officials, known as the OECD
E-Leaders Forum, which New Zealand currently chairs.
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