Finance to trial a common whole-of-government ERP platform


By Jonathan Nally
Monday, 10 February, 2020

Finance to trial a common whole-of-government ERP platform

The federal Department of Finance has announced that it is working with the Shared Services Provider Hubs to co-design a new GovERP initiative.

The initiative is part of the Australian Government’s Shared Services Program, which aims to “consolidate, standardise and automate the delivery of core transactional corporate services across non-corporate Commonwealth entities”, according to an approach-to-market announcement on the AusTender website.

“The GovERP initiative comprises the design, development and trial of a common whole-of-government platform, which will deliver a range of standardised corporate and financial services,” the announcement said.

“The first tranche of the initiative will prototype a foundation enterprise resource management (ERP) platform for trialling across the Provider Hubs that already operate an SAP-based ERP.

“As such it will use SAP/4 HANA as the core technology solution, along with a range of complementary cloud-based products sourced from the open market, to test the delivery of common HR and Financial Services via a Provider Hub model.

“The GovERP initiative will soon be entering a new project delivery phase and this will involve multiple approaches to market (ATM) to procure appropriate cloud-based complimentary products and services to integrate with a Core SAP/4 HANA platform.”

The Department will hold an industry briefing in Canberra on 17 February.

Image credit: ©stock.adobe.com/au/kentoh

Related News

DTA seeking input on changes to Single Seller Arrangements

Input is sought to design a new contracting suitability assessment framework for coordinated...

Australia and UK partner to strengthen AI safety and security

The two governments have signed an MoU to increase cooperation on the responsible development,...

DHA publishes standards framework for digital health

The National Framework for Digital Health Standards aims to support a more consistent, connected...


  • All content Copyright © 2026 Westwick-Farrow Pty Ltd