Digitising government files is big business for EDRMS vendors.
Te papa is the latest government entity to procure an EDRMS solution, spending $400-450k on a system supplied by Techtonics and OpenText.
The Public Records Act has been a gold mine for EDRMS vendors over the past few years, as it’s forced government agencies to upgrade their record-keeping capabilities.
A scan of GETS records isn’t terribly helpful when it comes to painting a picture of Government sector EDRMS market activity because the departments and agencies are pretty hopeless about lodging post-tender notifications.
However, looking at the seven previous EDRMS deals I did find recorded on GETS, it appears the big departments have needed to spend well over $1m each, while smaller agencies have had to fork out $100-500k in order to get up to speed in the digital document space.
Not surprisingly, major EDRMS specialist Objective Corporation dominates at the top end of the market. As well as the GETS data listed below, Objective reports other departmental wins on its website. Meanwhile InfocentriK appears to have found itself a good market supplying the smaller agencies.
Recent Government Agency EDRMS Contracts:
- Ministry of Social Development: $1.5-1.75m (Supplier: Objective Corporation)
- Land Information New Zealand: $1.5-1.75m (Objective Corporation)
- Te Papa, Museum of New Zealand: $400-450k (Techtonics / OpenText)
- Ministry of Culture & Heritage: $225-250k (InfocentriK)
- Education Review Office: $225-250k (InfocentriK)
- Ministry of Women’s Affairs: $125-150k (InfocentriK)
- Crown Company Monitoring Advisory Unit: $75-100k (Objective Corporation)
- The Correspondence School: Contract value not stated (Silent One)
Source: GETS
