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NZ all-of-Govt PC tender kicks off reforms

17 Mar 2010

Source: Stuff.co.nz, 10th March 2010

The Department of Internal Affairs has released its much anticipated all-of-government PC tender, which could lock in - and lock out - PC makers from supplying government agencies.

DIA's IT Centre of Expertise is inviting proposals for the supply of notebook and desktop computers for the whole New Zealand government, replacing existing arrangements where individual agencies conduct their own tenders.

The move is the first part of Commerce Minister Simon Power's drive to reform government procurement, worth $30 billion a year, announced last June.

"A reform of government procurement activity is of high importance to the National Government, especially given the current financial climate," Power said announcing the changes.

The objective of the tender, DIA says, is to contract a prime supplier or suppliers to provide a "standardised range of desktop and notebook computers and associated services". Prospective suppliers can respond individually or as part of a consortium.

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