The Government has offered Australia's three mobile operators, and vividwireless, renewal of their existing spectrum allocated on 15 year licences in the late 90s and early 2000s at set prices, while the Government expects to rake in $3 billion.
Brisbane-based Data#3 says it is the only Australian-owned business to gain a place on the Queensland Government's QP-707 supply panel for desktops, laptops and servers.
"We have two aims with this new arrangement—firstly, to save money and, secondly, to get more energy efficient computers into Government offices." said Robert Schwarten, the Minister for Public Works, Housing and Information and Communication Technology.
The $A100 million whole of government contract is expected to save the state $A20 million.
"The Government's decision is significant and innovative as it is the first time a services company such as Data#3 has been selected in this sort of panel arrangement," said John Grant, managing director of Data#3. "Our customer solution lifecycle approach in integral to our offer and ensures the products purchased are right for the task, that the total cost to agencies is the lowest, that the process is the most effective, and that allows the innovative options we have proposed for ongoing management and operation of agency infrastructure are leveraged to the fullest."
The company has offered to supply HP and Toshiba products and associated services. "We will work with the agencies to select the right type of equipment for their specific needs and get it delivered and configured to work in their business at the lowest cost to taxpayers and to the environment," said Grant.
iTWire requested a list of the successful panellists, but at the time of publication no response had been received from the department managing the tender process.
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