Tenders for Australian Govt travel services

The Australian Government has issued three separate open tenders for whole of government travel services, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Lindsay Tanner announced today.

Lindsay Tanner said the tenders were part of the Rudd Government’s reform agenda for travel procurement.

“The Federal Commonwealth spends more than $500 million a year on travel services,” Lindsay Tanner said.

“Currently this is done in an extremely haphazard, inefficient manner. A scoping study undertaken by the Government suggests that through greater coordination and smarter purchasing we can save taxpayers millions of dollars every year.”

The approach to market for whole of government travel services is part of the Rudd Government’s agenda to improve the coordination of public sector procurement.

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