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Australian government department amends IT contract 250 times and counting, taking the total value of the contract from $96 million to $541.9 million
The contract's value has skyrocketed by 'alarming' 564 per cent.
"Additionally, amendments were made to assist with large projects such as the Future Drought Fund and the Waste Export Ban." "The cat is well and truly out of the bag when it comes to this widespread practice of low-balling to win contracts and then making a series of variations to the scope and price of the project without going to competitive tender," she said. "The department determined that using amendment options under the contract for the expansion or adjustment of the services being delivered provided the best value-for-money solution for the Commonwealth at the time," they said.
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