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Scandalous $35m overspend on vaccine software? Ministry hits back
7 May, 2021 05:20 AM
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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. ....

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