Boplass has awarded a telecommunication contract for the nine Bay of Plenty/Gisborne local authorities it represents to Gen-i, Telecom's IT and telco services division.
NBR understands that Gen-i was the incumbent at a majority of the councils.
The contract covers all telecommunication services including mobile phones, mobile data, fixed line communications, and wide area and local area networks, the company said in a statement.
Ross Carter, Chief Executive Officer of Boplass said that as well as significant cost benefits, a key reason for selecting Gen-i was the services it can provide to the local authorities Boplass represents.
"The new contract with Gen-i will bring significant gains to each council. Through the collaboration of our nine councils, Boplass has been able to achieve some unique benefits and our partnership with Gen-i creates a real opportunity for future benefits going forward, said Mr Carter.”
Boplass is owned by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Rotorua District Council, Western Bay of Plenty District Council, Kawerau District Council, Tauranga City Council, Opotiki District Council, Whakatane District Council, Taupo District Council and Gisborne District Council.
It was established to promote shared services between local authorities in the Bay of Plenty/Gisborne Regions. The company has already had significant success with other projects and provided substantial savings for its participating councils.
Comments and questions
Did Gen-i have any credible competition at all throughout this process?
I also can't help but wonder on the regional capabilities of the numerous so-called national ICT vendors in NZ...
When it really comes down to it, it seems Gen-i continues to lead the way in whole of business ICT solutions.
As Gen i is owned by Telecom they just might have a modest advantage over competitors in bids for telecommunications services. They have the scale and - who knows - they just might get good pricing from their colleagues in wholesale. Noone else can offer all these services without subcontracting many of them - to Telecom ...
I don't think the Gen i sales team would have had to sweat too much on this one.
I thought that the whole thing of Telecoms seperation was that it is a level playing field across all suppliers (ie so there is no advantage to Gen-i)...
So I am assuming what ever the compelling business case to select Gen-i was, it was not a discounted price.
The contract covers all telecommunication services including...wide area and local area networks.."
http://www.boplass.co.nz/boplass-news/tabid/2854/aid/12734/tctl/5891_ViewAnnouncement/Default.aspx
The thing I can confirm is that Gen-i and Telecom Retail trade with Telecom Wholesale on the same terms and conditions as any customer of wholesale and we are subject to oversight on that from the regulatory bodies consistently. We are rapt to have been successful here and the team worked hard on it, it was a competitive situation as pretty much all of our business is now, there were incumbent competitors and the BOP councils ran a strong process.
Well Done Gen-i! NZ's only true ICT company won because the competition doesnt have anything like your capabilities nor have they bothered to raise their heads to look beyond the bombay hills....
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