Oracle has signed a whole-of-government services agreement with the Digital Transformation Agency to make it easier for government agencies to purchase Oracle products and services.
Under the arrangement, agencies will have access to Oracle's entire hardware, software, cloud and services offerings, including applications for sales, service, marketing, human resources, finance, supply chain, and manufacturing, plus its cloud infrastructure featuring the Oracle Autonomous Database.
Oracle's cloud regions in Sydney and Melbourne will also be provided to agencies under what the DTA has dubbed as the "new coordinated approach to buying Oracle".
"The arrangement gives agencies better value for money, consistency, and flexibility when sourcing Oracle products and services," the DTA touted.
While the terms of the deal were not disclosed, the agency said: "The coordinated approach to digital sourcing will make it easier for agencies to buy technology, drive innovation, and get more value out of their investments".
DTA said non-corporate agencies with existing Oracle contracts will be transitioned under the new arrangement.
"We'll work with those entities closer to the end of their support term or as needed," the agency said.
All new government contracts with Oracle will be made under the arrangement, the DTA added.
The federal government has established similar arrangements with Rimini Street[1], Amazon Web Services[2], SAP[3], Microsoft, Concur, and IBM[4].
Earlier this year, information revealed to ZDNet under freedom of information (FOI) showed there were 62 technology projects underway[5] by Australian government entities of which were valued at over AU$10 million and loosely under watch by the DTA.
The DTA in early 2017 was charged with looking into the structures of existing Australian government high-cost technology projects[6], but as was revealed during a round