Australia's federal government reviews its accommodation procurement options

Australia's Department of Finance is currently evaluating submissions for a discussion paper ahead of the contract expiry of its first Whole of Government (WoG) accommodation programme in Jun-2017.

Federal government travel purchasing was centralised under the Department of Finance in 2012. Prior to the introduction of the Whole of Government travel arrangements, there was no consistent approach to travel procurement across Government departments and agencies.

According to a scoping study at the time, lack of centralisation "had resulted in fragmented and inconsistent practices, duplication of effort and different pricing levels across the government departments and agencies".