Australian Government Architecture

Search

Home /

Procurement and sourcing

/ Procurement and sourcing policy (position)

Procurement and sourcing policy (position)

This policy describes the requirements for entities planning to find and buy digital products and services.

The DTA are consulting on whether this guidance should replace the Digital Sourcing Consider First and Fair Criteria policies.

Applicability

Digital investment proposals are assessed against this policy by the DTA through the Digital and ICT Investment Oversight Framework (IOF).

Commonwealth entities are encouraged to apply this policy to all digital investments

This Procurement and Sourcing policy position represents the DTA’s opinion of best practice, and a Procurement and Sourcing policy is currently under consultation.

Policy (position)

Embed procurement planning practices in line with the Standards for Digital Sourcing.

Ensure procurement processes are transparent and fair, welcoming a pool of competitive sellers from which agencies can choose suitable solutions or services.

Designs

The following designs may be relevant to meeting the intent of this policy.

Content status: Current

Technology lifecycle: Core

Lead agency: Department of Finance

AusTender is the Australian Government’s procurement information system. It provides a central location for the publication of business opportunities, annual procurement plans and contracts that have been awarded by government.

Content status: Current

Technology lifecycle: Core

Lead agency: Digital Transformation Agency

BuyICT is a centralised online platform for government buyers to source digital products and services, find sellers and discover existing government solutions.  Underpinned by marketplaces and whole-of government agreements, BuyICT is a service portal connecting buyers from all levels of government with large, medium and small companies, including startups. Buyers list and manage opportunities on BuyICT, which approved sellers are invited to pitch and respond to. 

Digital Marketplace

Content status: Current

Technology lifecycle: Core

Lead agency: Digital Transformation Agency

The digital marketplaces bring together government buyers and digital sellers in a simple and transparent environment.  It makes the process of sourcing digital products and services easier, faster, and more cost-effective.

Digital Sourcing ClauseBank

Content status: Current

Lead agency: Digital Transformation Agency

The Digital Sourcing ClauseBank is a repository of contract and procurement clauses. The pre-drafted terms in the ClauseBank are designed to help agencies create best-practice commercial agreements with sellers, simplifying the process of contract preparation.  The ClauseBank features:

Guidance for the standards for digital sourcing

Content status: Preview

Lead agency: Digital Transformation Agency

The Australian Government data catalogue enables users to discover data held by Australian Government agencies. It is accessible on Dataplace.

Whole-of-government arrangement for Microsoft products and services

Content status: Current

Lead agency: Digital Transformation Agency

The Commonwealth has a whole-of-government arrangement with Microsoft to drive efficiencies in procuring Microsoft products and services. All agencies, by default, are enrolled to use the Microsoft product suite, with Microsoft Teams and SharePoint being the primary collaboration tools. For questions about the whole-of-government arrangement for Microsoft products or services: Email: ictprocurement@dta.gov.au Phone: (02) 6120 8705