Over last six months or so, we have been witnessing a trend towards specialized outsourcing. Wherein the outsourcer instead of giving the whole contract to single organization breaks it and up and distributes different functions to the organization which is specialized in that particular domain. Mostly practiced by giant multinations, the trend it seems has got the fancy of The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) too. So, they have decided to pin down a $1.8 billion outsourcing contract from EDS and break into three years like networks and telephony, desktop and mobile devices. EDS can bid for any or all of these.
The move comes as the ATO prepares to wind down its $1.8 billion outsourcing contract with Texas giant Electronic Data Systems, but EDS will be allowed a swan song with the tax office set to award the firm a final contract extension today.
ATO second commissioner Greg Farr said that the agency will start re-tendering its outsourced computer and communications services from the end of next month when it is scheduled to hold an industry briefing on the massive exercise.
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