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We have now completed a review of the rules included in the Commonwealth Procurement Rules, in effect since 1 March 2017.

Their winning paper Evaluators and the Enhanced Commonwealth Performance Framework [ 360 KB PDF] was published in Evaluation Journal of Australasia (EJA), September 2018.

AES president John Stoney and past president Lyn Aldermen presented Dave and Brad the award at the Department of Finance, Canberra. John said the prize recognised the paper’s contribution to the Australian evaluation community.

In February 2018, Finance approached the market through a Request for Proposal to continue to operate GovCMS, a whole-of-government content management system. Following an evaluation process, Finance has selected Salsa Digital as the preferred supplier, who has partnered with amazee.io as their subcontractor. Details of the new contract are published on AusTender (SON3524985).  

Through Commitment 4.3 of the Open Government National Action Plan, the Government committed to undertake a review of Australia’s existing compliance with the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS), publish the review for public comment, and implement any agreed measures to increase Australia’s compliance.