Digital Transformation Agency tests market for ERP solutions

The Department of Transformation (DTA) is seeking IT partners for its ERP software licensing and services panel.

The panel is part of the government's APS ERP program announced late last month, which provides around 40 smaller Commonwealth entities an alternative to the GovERP program to make their own technology choices.

In a request for information published on 6 December, the DTA is looking to appoint panellists with the ability to provide a range of ERP and edge products and service solutions.

This includes solutions that manage, improve or automate ERP operations and processes covering capabilities like financial management, accounting and human resource management.

Panellists are required to provide services that cover:

Research and design - Conducting user research to improve system usability as well as designing intuitive and accessible interface prototypes.
Project and change management - Performing strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, risk assessments and performance tracking.
Business analysis and process optimisation - Analysing entity data to identify inefficiencies and delivering optimisaion roadmaps.
Application software development - Analysing entity requirements as well as deploying and integrating the software.
Cybersecurity - Providing threat detection, incident response and recovery capabilities, cybersecurity architecture and solutions, and compliance assessments.
Solutions implementation, integration and testing - Optimising, configuring, integrating, testing and decommissioning systems.
Data analytics and business intelligence - Performing data migration, creating business intelligence tools, and designing dashboards and reporting.
Training, learning and development - Determining user capability gaps and implementing learning solutions.