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ICT/Digital Sovereign Procurement Taskforce

Following public consultation, the Department of Customer Service has established the ICT Sovereign Procurement Taskforce to develop strategies and policies to diversify our ICT/digital partnership ecosystem and spend.

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The aim of the Taskforce was to:

enable more government supply opportunities targeting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and the potential for increased spend on SMEs including Aboriginal suppliers, start-ups and disability suppliers.
ensuring SMEs can compete on an equal footing in ICT and digital procurement activities.
help the local ICT/Digital industry grow and become more capable.

The Taskforce was led by the then Minister for Customer Service and Digital Government along with the Minister for Finance. It included representatives across the NSW Government including the Treasury. There were also members from academia and several industry association executives such as Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA), Stone and Chalk, RegTech Association, BuyAbility, Supply Nation and NSW Indigenous Chamber of Commerce.

The former NSW Government approved the Taskforce’s recommendations in the areas of policy, initiatives, education and reporting. Some of the recent achievements include:

formalising SME direct and indirect spend targets
establishing direct and indirect SME reporting methods
refreshing the ICT contracting framework
faster payments for supplier dealing with NSW Government
digitising the NSW Government procurement and payment processes by implementing easy to find supplier diversity tags, and to do business with NSW Government
developing online training modules and guides for SMEs selling to government.

The Department of Customer Service continues to focus on delivering the recommendations with the Innovation Procurement Pathways remaining a key focus area, enabling NSW government buyers to make it easier to find and develop the best solutions to problems people face in NSW.