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SenateWednesday 29 October 2025

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Senator PAYMAN (Western Australia—Australia's Voice Whip) (15:46): I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Aged Care and Seniors, by no later than 5 pm on Friday, 21 November 2025: (a) all value-for-money assessments completed by the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing for ICT expenditure (including, but not limited to, labour hire, professional services, software licensing, platform hosting, cyber security, general operating costs and contractors) relating to: (i) the Government Provider Management System (GPMS), (ii) the aged care business-to-government project (B2G), and (iii) the integration of My Health Record and My Aged Care, as referred to in the release of 9 December 2024 by the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing entitled 'My Aged Care support plans now available in My Health Record'; (b) all assessments of the uptake of B2G; (c) all whole-of-life evaluation reports and whole-of-life cost estimates for the GPMS and B2G systems and contracts; (d) all tender evaluation reports, pricing assessments and market benchmarking analyses used to determine that GPMS and B2G contract values represented fair market value; (e) all documents containing comparative pricing information from vendors other than Salesforce and Mulesoft, including comparisons of their prices with Salesforce and Mulesoft, as well as any market surveys or analyses considered during the open tender process for GPMS and B2G contracts; (f) a document that provides details of all software licensing agreements for GPMS and B2G, including terms of licence, pricing structures, whole-of-life estimates and any justifications for amendments or variations; (g) copies of all ministerial submissions, records of conversation, letters, briefing notes, meeting agendas, file notes, meeting notes, meeting minutes, emails and instant/electronic messages created by the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing that discuss value-for-money assessments, whole-of-life cost estimates, configuration cost estimates or compliance with the Commonwealth Procurement Rules in relation to the GPMS and B2G implementations; and (h) all documents relating to independent audits, reviews or expert advice obtained to verify that the licensing fees, implementation costs and whole-of-life value-for-money assessments for the GPMS and B2G contracts were consistent with market standards for equivalent systems in government or aged care contexts.

Question agreed to.

SourceSenate, Wednesday 29 October 2025 — official recordTA-251029-senate-3d6131d61e38:s086