XML & E-COMMERCE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP (XZIG) 18:00 - 21:00 Tue 12/11/2002 Stream: E-commerce Tenders Topic: TIMS - Overview tender services for Government funding applications Ken BROMFIELD Director OTMG PTY LTD

Tender Information Management Service [TIMS] E-Tenders is one step of the E-business information cycle. OIC Members have developed this Tender Information Management Service [TIMS] as an initial module of the E-business process. This E-process comprises a number of stages including: A E-Tenders F E-contract variance B E-Resource - partners & sub-contractors C E-budgets G E-performance D E-quotation H E-payment E E-contract I E-support and enhancement TIMS E-commerce process listed on Victorian Gov E-commerce web site http://www.go.vic.gov.au

Objectives TIMS & OIC TIMS - set up in July 2000 Provide Members and Subscribers with: 1 regular notices of tenders - 2 analysis of tenders in structure format for easy understanding 3 market intelligence for business planning OIC 1 Forum reviewing tenders of interest 2 contacts for tender response 3 access to project/tender funding

Trends with E-Tendering A review of the Electronic Tenders published over the last 12 months provides the following statistics : TOTAL 1st Month 2nd Month 3rd Month 2002 4th Qtr 2002 227 Oct 156 Nov 71 Dec 3rd Qtr 2002 400 Jul 117 Aug 127 Sep 156 2nd Qtr 2002 348 Apr 101 May 108 Jun 139 1st Qtr 2002 357 Jan 106 Feb 116 Mar 135 2001 4th Qtr 2001 276 Oct 83 Nov 112 Dec 81 3rd Qtr 2001 251 Jul 91 Aug 83 Sep 77 2nd Qtr 2001 210 Apr 62 May 85 Jun 63 1st Qtr 2001 206 Jan 44 Feb 57 Mar 105

OIC IS LEADING AUSTRALIAN XML PROJECT ORGANISATION Australian Government committed to XML. XZIG monthly meetings since March 2000 http://www.oic.org/3a4a5.htm In 2001 OIC members commissioned by Fed Gov to carry out surveys with Local Government Agencies - with view to set up Roadshow to 16 ROCs In 2002 OIC members developed standard XML schemase for Name and Address details for e-Bizness.

E - Funding for E-commerce Initiatives OIC monitoring funding initiatives as part of the TIMS- Tender Information Management Service. Keep members and subscribers aware through e-mail and monthly meetings Recent announced funding grants include: 1 DIST - ITOL - developing projects 2 Test-IT - testing, trialing projects 3 ISR - IAccP - awareness of innovation projects Funding only available to consortia working together