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Govt infocomm-tech tenders worth billions open to SMEs

They can bid for over 80% of S$2.5b-S$2.7b in FY2019 ICT contracts

Claudia Chong

Published Tue, May 28, 2019 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

THE government will award between S$2.5 billion and S$2.7 billion worth of info-communications and technology (ICT) contracts in FY2019, which runs from April 2019 to March 2020.

More than 80 per cent of these contracts will be open to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), said Singapore's Government Technology Agency (GovTech). Currently, SMEs can only tender for contracts of up to S$5 million in value.

Over 60 per cent of the ICT contract value will go towards furthering the development of five platforms that are key to meeting the outcomes of the Digital Government Blueprint, which se…

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