- In late 2015 the Western Australian Government released a tender requesting a whole of Government solution for cloud based ICT infrastructure as a service.
- This tender process has resulted in three prime contractors, including NEC Australia, being selected to provide infrastructure as a service under the GovNext-ICT contract to the whole of WA Government.
- Empired is pleased to advise that it has been selected as a key subcontractor as part of the NEC consortium.
- The term of Empired’s contract is for an initial 5 years with an option to extend for a further 5 years with an estimated spend of $15m over the life of the contract (inclusive of options). Considerable upside to this value is anticipated based on government uptake and the provision of additional services within the scope of the contract.
- Empired will have an exclusive role within the scope of the contract to provide the core collaboration functions in a cloud environment across the whole of WA Government. This role is exclusive to the NEC consortium and Empired’s role within the consortium is also exclusive and delivers a centralised directory services, Centralised Identity service and Certificate Authority.
- The service will be provided on a per user consumption based pricing model with all users that elect to use the WA Government platform provided the service.
- The service has the potential to scale beyond 140,000 WA Government users based on agency take up of the Western Australian GovNext-ICT platform.
Commenting on the contract award Russell Baskerville, managing director, Empired, said: “We are delighted to have been selected as a key player in providing services with NEC to the WA State Government under the GovNext-ICT framework. This award is testament to Empired’s capability and investments in cloud based services.”
“We are excited about this strategic and unique opportunity to deliver cloud services across WA Government. Given our ICT capabilities Empired is well placed to provide broader cloud based solutions as the GovNext-ICT framework evolves.”
About Empired Limited
Empired Limited is an international IT Services Provider with a broad range of capabilities and a reputation for delivering enterprise class IT services and solutions. Established in 1999, Empired is a publicly listed company (ASX: EPD) formed in Western Australia.
With a team of over 900 people located throughout Australia, New Zealand, North America and Asia, Empired has built a reputation for service excellence and is a leading provider of business technology solutions to both government and private sectors. We work with clients, leveraging technology solutions to deliver their organisations improved efficiency, productivity and competitive advantage. Empired provides a broad range of services enabling ‘end-to-end’ advice and solutions assisting our clients through their digital transformation journey and ensuring robust ongoing lifecycle management.
Our flexible service delivery approach and “can do” attitude has enabled Empired to secure clients that range from medium size entities through to some of the world’s largest long standing enterprise’s accounts with services delivered across Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia and beyond.
