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EQC selected Salesforce, unadvertised, as a prototype
Salesforce selection follows controversy over the Ministry of Health s rollout of the same software. Credit: Supplied
New Zealand government disaster insurer EQC selected Salesforce as its engagement platform without openly advertising because it was considered a prototype .
The rules of government procurement include a series of exemptions from standard requirements to openly advertise planned purchases, under section 14.9.
In this case, EQC invoked section 14.9e, which allows the purchase of a prototype for research, experiment, study or original development .
Covid 19 coronavirus: Government s vaccination register just putting money into a Silicon Valley billionaire s pocket
12 Apr, 2021 05:32 AM
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addresses media at opening of telehealth service in Auckland.
The Ministry of Health s $38 million effort to create an online system to manage Covid-19 vaccinations is just putting money into a Silicon Valley billionaire s pocket , local IT industry group NZRise says. Previous criticism has centred on a security breach involving the data of more than 700 patients; the Government s inability - until this week - to provide accurate vaccination data; and the related issue of DHBs striking out on their own path, using different software systems, while they wait for the Government s new cloud-based solution to be fleshed out.