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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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 Oct 156 Nov 71 Dec
3rd Qtr Jul Aug 127 Sep 156
2nd Qtr Apr 101 May 108 Jun 139
1st Qtr Jan Feb Mar 135
2001 4th Qtr Oct 83 Nov Dec 81
3rd Qtr Jul Aug Sep 77
2nd Qtr Apr May Jun 63
1st Qtr Jan Feb Mar 105

5. OIC IS LEADING AUSTRALIAN XML PROJECT ORGANISATION
Australian Government committed to XML.
XZIG monthly meetings since March 2000
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.

6. 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 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