[Aust-NZ] Please update NSW Procurement guidelines to align with Australian Open Source Policies
Ross Johnson
rossgo at hotmail.com
Mon Mar 30 04:04:29 PDT 2015
Following this up, see what the Indian Government has announced (in comparision to NSW/rest of Australia)
http://www.futuregov.asia/articles/6363-india-makes-open-source-mandatory-for-all-central-agencies
Best regards,Ross
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 15:34:50 +1100
From: cameron.shorter at gmail.com
To: aust-nz at lists.osgeo.org; osia-members-request at osia.com.au
Subject: Re: [Aust-NZ] Please update NSW Procurement guidelines to align with Australian Open Source Policies
OSIA and OSGeo Aust-NZ lists,
I've received a positive response from NSW ICT Procurement
regarding"Anti-Open Source" purchasing guidelines.
In particular they mentioned that they do not want to discourage
the use of open source software and the upcoming Procure IT 3.1
[1] has many measures with respect to open source software that
facilitate its use. They asked that we review the remainder of
Procure IT 3.1, and would be happy to receive our comments.
I'd like to actually forward the email I received, but the person
I received it from was not in a position to make a public
statement on behalf of NSW Government.
Regards,
Cameron Shorter
[1] https://www.procurepoint.nsw.gov.au/before-you-supply/standard-procurement-contract-templates/procure-it-framework-version-31
On 20/11/2014 8:41 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
To the NSW Procurement
Team,
We, the Australian and New Zealand chapter of the Open Source
Geospatial Foundation, are concerned that NSW Procurement
guidelines about Open Source Software are dated and need to be
changed.
The guidelines:
* Inaccurately imply Proprietary Software is less risky than
Open Source [1],
* Unfairly discriminate against Open Source Software solutions
and Australian Open Source businesses [1],
* Conflict with Australian government policy which directly
mandate that Open Source and Proprietary Software should be
considered equally. [2]
* Increases the cost and reduce the value of NSW Government IT
purchases by actively discouraging use of Open Source.
Could the NSW Procurement Team please review the current Open
Source statement, assess the appropriateness of updating to
Australian Government Policy statements related to Open Source,
and reply describing how you plan to address this issue.
Reference 1:
The NSW IT procurement framework (version 3.1) specifically
discourses use of Open Source software with Major Project System
Integration Services.
23 Open Source Software
23.1 The Contractor must ensure that:
(a) none of the Deliverables comprise Open Source
Software; and
(b) it does not insert any Open Source Software into the
Customer Environment, except to the extent otherwise approved
by the Customer in writing.
23.2 Where the Customer gives its approval in relation to
the use of any Open Source Software
under clause 23.1:
(a) the Contractor must ensure that the use of that Open
Source Software will not result in an obligation to disclose,
license or otherwise make available any part of the Customer
Environment or any of the Customer’sConfidential Information
to any third party; and
(b) the use of that Open Source Software will not in any
way diminish the Contractor’s obligations under the Contract,
including without limitation in relation to any warranties,
indemnities or any provisions dealing with the licensing or
assignment of Intellectual Property.
https://www.procurepoint.nsw.gov.au/before-you-supply/standard-procurement-contract-templates/procure-it-framework-version-31
See: Module 13A Major project systems integration services
Reference 2:
Australian Government Policy on Open Source Software:
Principle 1: Australian Government ICT procurement processes
must actively and fairly consider all types of available
software.
Australian Government agencies must actively and fairly
consider all types of available software (including but not
limited to open source software and proprietary software)
through their ICT procurement processes. It is recognised
there may be areas where open source software is not yet
available for consideration. Procurement decisions must be
made based on value for money. Procurement decisions should
take into account
whole-of-life costs, capability, security, scalability,
transferability, support and manageability requirements.
For a covered procurement (over $80K), agencies are
required to include in their procurement plan that open source
software will be considered equally alongside proprietary
software. Agencies will be required to insert a statement into
any Request for Tender that they will consider open source
software equally alongside proprietary software. Tender
responses will be evaluated under the normal requirements of
the Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines. For a non-covered
procurement (below $80K), agencies are required to document
all key decisions, as required by the Commonwealth Procurement
Guidelines. This includes how they considered open source
software suppliers when selecting suppliers to respond to the
Select Tender or Request for Quotation.
Australian Government Policy on Open Source Software, http://www.finance.gov.au/policy-guides-procurement/open-source-software/
--
Cameron Shorter,
President of the Australian Chapter of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation,
Software and Data Solutions Manager, LISAsoft
Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf,
26 - 32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009
P +61 2 9009 5000, W www.lisasoft.com, F +61 2 9009 5099
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