Orion Health calls for audit of MoH procurement of $38m immunisation platform Written by Kate McDonald on
07 May 2021.
Health IT vendor Orion Health has asked New Zealand’s Auditor-General to investigate the Ministry of Health’s procurement of the new National Immunisation Solution (NIS), saying the ministry had ignored normal processes and had used incorrect information in its business case.
In a letter to Auditor-General John Ryan, Orion Health CEO Ian McCrae said the reported $38 million price tag for the new system, which is being developed by the ministry using Salesforce and AWS technology, was a “scandalous figure” and that an upgrade to the existing National Immunisation Register (NIR), which Orion provides, was all that was needed.
Scandalous : $38m overspend on vaccine software? Orion boss Ian McCrae complains to Auditor-General
6 May, 2021 02:20 AM
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Orion Health CEO Ian McCrae wants a review of what he sees as a flawed procurement process and a resulting overspend and delays on the software used to manage our Covid-19 jabs. Photo / Michael Craig
Orion Health CEO Ian McCrae wants a review of what he sees as a flawed procurement process and a resulting overspend and delays on the software used to manage our Covid-19 jabs. Photo / Michael Craig Orion Health chief executive Ian McCrae has followed up on his threat, made in a Herald interview, to lay a complaint with the Auditor-General over the procurement process for a new software system to manage
Scandalous $35m overspend on vaccine software? Ministry hits back
7 May, 2021 05:20 AM
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A top health boss has bit back at claims that the Government overspent by up to $35 million on a new vaccine management system after a no-tender procurement process. But, at the same time, a number of IT industry figures have backed a complaint that Orion Health chief executive Ian McCrae laid with the Auditor-General yesterday.
McCrae wants a full review of the procurement process for a new software system to manage vaccinations - including the crucial Covid-19 inoculation programme - which the Ministry of Health has said would cost $38m ($15m from money already allocated for a new system, plus $23m from a contingency fund), with US giants Salesforce and Amazon as key technology partners.
“These are basic mistakes that should not be happening, especially with a controversial issue like Ihumātao.”
In a letter to National MP Nicola Willis and ACT leader David Seymour earlier today, Controller and Auditor General John Ryan wrote - the Ministry did not seek the correct approvals, the expenditure was incurred without appropriation and without authority to use imprest supply . For these reasons, the payment is unlawful until validated by Parliament as part of an Appropriation (Confirmation and Validation) Act.
Your playlist will load after this ad The Government bought the land, but the Auditor General says some key steps in the process were missed.
Government s Ihumātao land purchase unlawful - Auditor-General
20 Apr, 2021 02:41 AM
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Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson announces a deal to settle the issue at Ihumātao with the Government buying the land from Fletchers for $29.9 million. Video / Mark Mitchell
Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson announces a deal to settle the issue at Ihumātao with the Government buying the land from Fletchers for $29.9 million. Video / Mark Mitchell
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The Auditor-General has found the Government s $30 million purchase of land at Ihumātao was unlawful because it did not seek the correct approvals from Parliament.