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The Queensland government has launched an upgraded version of its ICT Dashboard with a new interface that’s being spruiked as an “easy-to-use” site that helps small businesses find government ICT work.
The revamped ICT Dashboard was rolled out during Queensland Small Business Week as a major overhaul to the existing site to help make it easier for small businesses to find, plan and tender for government ICT business.
Queensland Minister for Innovation, Science and the Digital Economy and Minister for Small Business Leeanne Enoch said the ICT Dashboard currently profiles 145 ICT projects currently in flight, with a value of more than $767 million.
“With the new functionality, the ICT Dashboard now provides easy access to opportunities available for small businesses to tender for and the Palaszczuk government wants to make it as easy as possible for Queensland business operators to compete for this work,” Ms Enoch said.
She said the new and improved ICT Dashboard will allow everyone to see what is happening across the government ICT space and to access opportunities to help businesses grow.
One of the major features of the Queensland Government ICT Dashboard is that it shows a list of tenders at the various stages of the tender lifecycle, powered from the Queensland Government QTenders website.
From the ICT Dashboard, ICT suppliers can now find out about current and upcoming government work including invitations to offer (ITO), requests for interest (RFI) and expressions of interest (EOI).
Businesses can also identify closed tenders that are being evaluated, have been shortlisted or awarded, as well as when all offers have been declined or no offers received.
Future procurement opportunities can be accessed from the ICT Dashboard, helping small businesses to plan their proposals, business strategies and future resourcing needs.
Chair of the Council of ICT Associations Chair Nick Tate said the revamped Dashboard would provide important tools for ICT service providers to better access Queensland Government work.
“Industry strongly values the ability to gain greater insight into government’s current projects and tenders,” Mr Tate said.
“A dashboard with accurate, verifiable data on these activities helps to foster confidence and collaboration through greater transparency.”
Ms Enoch said in addition to Queensland Government tenders, the site would also include tenders issued by other government organisations such as councils, authorities, universities and utilities.
