[LINK] Australian Information Commissioner not using ICT for ICT Tender

[Tom Worthington]

The Australian Human Rights Commission has issued a Request for Tender
for a network and ICT infrastructure to support the Office of the
Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC, AHRC1260810 12 August 2010):
<https://www.tenders.gov.au/?event=public.advert.show&AdvertUUID=65502B49-F0B0-A9CD-67A0CA87CAF0123C>.

Curiously, despite the RFT being issued using the government's
sophisticated AusTender online tendering system, no electronic
documentation for the tender has been provided and electronic responses
are not being accepted. Companies must physically deliver their tender
document to Sydney. This is a relatively small government tender, of up
to  $2M, as a result the cost of the tender handling process
for all those concerned is likely to be a significant proportion of
the tender value.


-- 
Tom Worthington FACS CP HLM, TomW Communications Pty Ltd. t: 0419496150
PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia  http://www.tomw.net.au
Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science, The
Australian National University http://cs.anu.edu.au/courses/COMP7310/