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Ministry of Health breaks down costs of controversial immunisation register
Core of new National Immunisation Register will cost $15.1 million.
Shayne Hunter (Ministry of Health) Credit: Supplied
Ministry of Health deputy director-general of data and digital Shayne Hunter has broken down the costs of a controversial new, Salesforce-based immunisation register.
The project attracted strong blow-back from incumbent supplier Orion Health last week when that company s founder and CEO, Ian McCrae, alleged up to $35 million had been squandered and called on the Auditor-General to investigate.
Scandalous : $38m overspend on vaccine software? Orion boss Ian McCrae complains to Auditor-General
6 May, 2021 02:20 AM
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Orion Health CEO Ian McCrae wants a review of what he sees as a flawed procurement process and a resulting overspend and delays on the software used to manage our Covid-19 jabs. Photo / Michael Craig
Orion Health CEO Ian McCrae wants a review of what he sees as a flawed procurement process and a resulting overspend and delays on the software used to manage our Covid-19 jabs. Photo / Michael Craig Orion Health chief executive Ian McCrae has followed up on his threat, made in a Herald interview, to lay a complaint with the Auditor-General over the procurement process for a new software system to manage
Scandalous $35m overspend on vaccine software? Ministry hits back
7 May, 2021 05:20 AM
10 minutes to read
A top health boss has bit back at claims that the Government overspent by up to $35 million on a new vaccine management system after a no-tender procurement process. But, at the same time, a number of IT industry figures have backed a complaint that Orion Health chief executive Ian McCrae laid with the Auditor-General yesterday.
McCrae wants a full review of the procurement process for a new software system to manage vaccinations - including the crucial Covid-19 inoculation programme - which the Ministry of Health has said would cost $38m ($15m from money already allocated for a new system, plus $23m from a contingency fund), with US giants Salesforce and Amazon as key technology partners.
$35M squandered ? Orion Health calls on Auditor-General to review COVID-19 system procurement
Ministry of Health says a proper tender was undertaken and the new system has greater functionality.
Ian McCrae (Orion Health) Credit: Supplied
Orion Health CEO and founder Ian McCrae is calling for a full audit review of the Ministry of Health’s procurement of a $38 million national immunisation service platform.
McCrae said he believed the reported $38 million cost of the new immunisation system was a scandalous amount. I strongly believe that COVID-19 was simply used to circumvent proper procurement and this has cost New Zealand hugely, McCrae said in a letter to the Auditor-General and the Ombudsman released today.