IT Sourcing and Contracting
The Digital Policy Office advises and assists government bureaux and departments in the procurement of IT products and services in a cost-effective manner.
The value of government purchases through centrally organised purchase contracts and listing arrangement of providers in the last three years:
| Financial Year | IT Products | IT Services |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | $665 million | $1,144 million |
| 2022-23 | $593 million | $1,170 million |
| 2023-24 | $578 million | $1,234 million |
We arrange and manage the central contracts (Standing Offer Agreement for Quality Professional Services 5, Standing Offer Agreement for Data Centre Services 2, Standing Offer Agreement for Mobile Workplace Services 6 and Standing Offer Agreement for Provision of Wi-Fi Services 2) for the procurement of IT services in the Government.
For information about the contractors, please refer to the Contractor List.
In addition to the central contracts, we also arrange and manage the listing arrangements (Listing Arrangement for Government Procurement of IT Products and Listing Arrangement of Government Public Cloud Services) for the procurement of IT products and public cloud services respectively in the Government.
IT Outsourcing in Government
The primary objectives of the Government IT outsourcing policy are to enlarge the delivery capacity for IT services, to accelerate the delivery of IT solutions, and to create a market of sufficient size to encourage the further development of the IT industry locally.
T-Contracts
To support the development and maintenance of information technology (IT) initiatives in the Government, the Digital Policy Office centrally administers IT contract staff services in the Government through the establishment and administration of "body-shopping" contracts (i.e. the T-Contracts) for the use by bureaux and departments. By means of the T-Contracts, bureaux and departments can obtain IT staff services from a list of contractors within a short period of time. These contractors were selected based on an open tendering exercise. As the period of IT services required is of varying duration to meet the service/operational needs, the arrangement of T-Contracts allows bureaux/departments to enjoy maximum flexibility in addition to quick response to IT staff services requirement.
The Government has awarded standing offer agreements to T-contractors to provide IT contract staff services to bureaux and departments on an as-and-when-required basis. The current T26 contract is for a term of 48 months which started on 1 February 2023. For information about the T26 contractors, please refer to the respective Contractor List.
