The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is getting set to approach the market for a “significant range” of IT managed services.
It will be looking to engage in contracts for three managed services: centralised computing, end user technology and enterprise service management centre, plus any ancillary services.
The ATO said it anticipates issuing one or more requests for information (RFIs) in June 2021.
The RFI(s) will seek strategic dialogue with the market to inform bundle structure, scope, commercials, pricing approaches and procurement strategy; with a focus on what the IT ecosystem will look like from 2023.
ATO chief information officer Ramez Katf said that the ATO’s IT Strategic Sourcing Program is all about modernising its IT outsourcing portfolio by developing market-aligned and more flexible bundles, building on the successful delivery of six new managed network services contracts in 2020.