Govt printing procurement streamlined

A new procurement program for Government printing services has been entered with 176 companies across Australia to provide better value printing services to 12 participating APS Agencies.
 
The Agencies, which include PM&C, DIAC, DFAT, FaHCSIA, Centrelink, Medicare and the Bureau of Statistics, will be able to use the new program to go directly to approved printers without having to go through their own tender processes.

Minister for Human Services, Chris Bowen and Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Lindsay Tanner said the Design, Production and Distribution Tender program would save millions of dollars and cut red-tape for businesses.

“This five-year plan streamlines the way Government engages with the Australian printing industry, reducing the administrative burden on both Government and industry,” Mr Bowen said. 

Mr Tanner said the $220 million program was part of the Government’s procurement reform agenda.

“The Government awards contracts totalling about $30 billion a year to procure goods and services,” Mr Tanner said.

“A number of those goods and services are bought by most or all Agencies and yet under existing arrangements the purchase of those items is not coordinated across Government.

Click here to read more.