Background
In December 2007, the Service Delivery and Performance Commission (SDPC) delivered a report on Purchasing and Logistics in the Queensland Government. The SDPC recommended the establishment of a whole-of-government Print Management Solution to provide a coordinated and centralised approach to print management across the sector that would realise significant benefits and savings for the Queensland Government.
The SDPC’s report identified savings of between $14.4 million and $26.4 million per annum based on an estimated government print market of $70 to $80 million a year.
Subsequent to the SDPC recommendations, on 8 October 2008, the Cabinet Budget Review Committee approved the following:
- the implementation of a new whole-of-government Print Management Solution managed by the Queensland Government Chief Procurement Office
- those agencies with existing significant in-house print production capabilities (both offset and digital) be subject to a peer-review process to consider their eventual transition to the whole-of-government Print Management Solution
- the use of the proposed Print Management Solution is mandated across budget-funded agencies to ensure the effective operation of a centralised print function.
Last updated May 2009
