LOM

In the Federal Government ICT market, just over 120 ICT tenders were published to the ‘open’ (ie full) market in the first of half of the 2009-10. This contrasts with the almost 7000 contracts that have been published via AusTender in the same period. The wide gap between the two numbers reflects the fact that many procurements are conducted via panel arrangements and other forms of restricted tender, variations and extensions to existing contracts.

Tenders published on AusTender in Q2 show a distinct year on year decline from 107 tenders released Q2 2007-08 to just 71 tenders published in Q2 2009-10. This decline is broadly reflected within each sub-category, with IT Services, Software, Hardware and Telco Equipment showing clear declines. The Telco Services and Large Office Machines (LOM) categories experienced more variability in the number of tenders released.

The second quarter of the financial year, is typically the high season for tender releases.

The Large Office Machines (LOM) market experienced a significant decline from 2007-08 to 2008-09 almost halving in value to $13.3 million.

Intermedium analyses LOM in terms of seven sub-categories, some of which experience more variability from year to year than others. TV and Whiteboard are relatively stable each at around $1 million per year, while ‘Other’ and ‘Not Specified’ are much more volatile.