Police to investigate government procurement irregularities

Victorian Police have been asked to investigate the Victorian Government’s IT agency after an audit revealed public servants awarded themselves a contract that led to work worth $1.5 million.

Fairfax believes the Baillieu government has called in the police, sacked six contractors and staff, and ordered an organisation-wide review of CenITex, the body charged with centralising public sector technology services.

A forensic audit found two CenITex project managers used a two-day-old shelf company to bid for a tender in May last year. The managers, who sat on the selection panel, then awarded themselves the contract, underbidding other tenderers, including IBM.

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