2002 ASX Announcements

Objective Approved for NSW State Government

Objective Corporation has been appointed to the newly established NSW Government Selected Application Systems (GSAS) Panel Contract ITS 2323 for the supply of Records and Information Management Systems (RIMS).

Established by NSW Supply, a business unit of the NSW Department of Public Works and services, the GSAS RIMS contract will continue until 30 June 2006.

"Given that NSW is our home state, NSW Government is a key market for Objective," said Mr Tony Walls, CEO Asia Pacific, Objective Corporation.

"Our selection to the panel presents new business opportunities for Objective in what is effectively a new market segment," said Mr Walls. The previous panel, in place for 6 years, did not enable NSW government agencies to procure Objective solutions.

"The number of enquiries already fielded from NSW Government agencies indicates a strong level of demand for alternative solutions," he said.

The scope of the new period contract for GSAS RIMS has been broadened from the original contract to acknowledge the critical role that electronic information plays in the information management demands placed on government agencies.

Designed to ensure NSW Government agencies comply with the State Records Act, the tender specification incorporated extensive input from NSW government agencies including State Records and other public sector organisations.

Vendors were selected to the panel contract following public tender and exhaustive evaluations. The selection process required vendors to prove that the software solutions satisfied comprehensive records management functionality, as well as demonstrating the ability to extend beyond this traditional functionality to enable agencies to manage electronic information more broadly.

"In a few short years, records management has become the responsibility of every single person within the organisation, rather than just a relatively small number of people. This responsibility is now so pervasive throughout government departments that ultimately it also applies up to Ministerial level," said Mr Walls.

The move to Government Online, electronic transactions and electronic service delivery creates further challenges for government recordkeeping. As record and information requirements expand to encompass the entire enterprise and even beyond, solutions need to be deliverable via a web portal and scale infinitely.

Over time, Objective has proven itself in its ability to scale to some of the world's largest records and information management solutions with progressive customers such as the Australian Defence Organisation, IP Australia and the Commonwealth Department of Transport and Regional Services.

Objective also lists private sector organisations such as ResMed, AMBRI, Northparkes Mines and Optus together with utilities, Delta Electricity, Country Energy and the Commonwealth government agency, Australian Broadcasting Authority among its existing customers based in NSW.