• The ICTPA will replace the $340 million AMSPA, which left the bulk of systems integration work with five major IT suppliers (shown here at the signing) since its establishment in 2011. credit: Defence
    The ICTPA will replace the $340 million AMSPA, which left the bulk of systems integration work with five major IT suppliers (shown here at the signing) since its establishment in 2011. credit: Defence
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CIOG releases ICT services panel tender

2 February 2017
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Katherine Ziesing | Canberra

 The Department of Defence has released a Request for Tender to establish an Information Communication and Technology Provider Arrangement (ICTPA).

The release comes earlier than industry had anticipated but ADM suspects that every IT company in the mix will put their hands up for elements of the new panel. Timing suggests the Chief Information Officer Group (CIOG) is trying to avoid the refresh of the CASG panels which are due to happen mid this year.

The ICTPA will replace the $340 million applications managed services partnership agreement (AMSPA), which left the bulk of systems integration work with five major IT suppliers since its establishment in 2011.

 

“The release comes earlier than industry had anticipated.”

 

The ICTPA is a panel arrangement and covers the following ICT services:

  • Systems Integration: the development and deployment of systems, including services relating to the connection and aggregation of disparate subsystems, functionalities or software applications to form one coordinated and functional system used to facilitate the execution of information processing required during the execution of one or more of Defence’s business processes. Systems integration primarily varies from applications development in terms of scale, end-to-end scope and complexity;
  • Application Services: includes the development, maintenance, support and service management of applications; and
  • ICT Services: includes the provision of services for all the SFIA Categories. These services involve the engagement of specialist and niche providers as well as contractors or a group of contractors in a non-permanent position to deliver discrete ICT services to satisfy specific business or technical needs.

An industry briefing will be conducted at R1 Ground Floor Theatrette, Russell Offices, Russell Drive, Russell, ACT commencing at 3:00pm on Tuesday 7 February 2017 (the same day as ADM Congress).

The proposed term of the ICTPA is five years with a three-year extension option followed by a further two-year extension option. The tender is scheduled to close on February 28.

For more details on how CIOG is looking to structure its business in the future, head to its 2016-2020 planning document and for more on the tender see our attached listings.

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