DIMIA Annual Report 2004-05
Purchaser/provider arrangements
BSG-PURCHASER ARRANGEMENTS-DIMIA AND DFAT MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
The department signed a new purchaser arrangement with DFAT for the provision of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services.
Responsibility
The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is an agreement between the two agencies whereby DFAT facilitates communications and business processing by our overseas posts. This MOU continues a cooperative arrangement in place since 1997.
Control arrangements
The MOU covers the period 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2007 and details the services covered, service level standards and cost recovery arrangements for the term of the agreement. The services include SATIN Low, SATIN High, PABX services, Internet access and Telecommunication services. Efficiencies are gained by bringing these services under one arrangement, through clarity of scope of work, certainty of terms and conditions, and improved administration.
Resourcing
For these services an agreed fee is charged. In 2004-05 the fee paid by the department to DFAT under the ICT MOU was $4 040 595 (inclusive of GST) plus the fee paid by posts on a per-user basis for Internet access to SATIN.
Performance against outcomes and outputs
The MOU reflects the Government's requirement for DFAT to take the lead agency role where services at overseas posts are required by agencies and contributes to the department's outcomes through contributing to the efficient delivery of IT and telecommunications services at overseas posts.