OFFICIAL
BACKGROUND
• To develop a contact tracing app for the Australian Government, the Department of Home
Affairs engaged Amazon Web Services to provide software development and hosting
services.
s 47E(d)
• The engagement of AWS was conducted in accordance with the Public Governance,
Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA Act) and the Commonwealth
Procurement Rules (CPRs).
• The request to AWS was made via the AWS Whole-of-Government Arrangement.
s 47E(d)
• This procurement provided the DTA with the right mix of specialisation, expertise and
flexibility to develop and deploy the COVIDSafe application in a short timeframe.
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