RESPONSE TO SELECTION CRITERIA

	a	Understanding/Context *
		1	Understanding and Knowledge of Task at Hand *
	
	b	Approach/Methodology *
		1 	How the approach will enable the objectives to be met *
		2 	Soundness of approach for measuring benefits *
		3 	Level of innovation *
		4 	Ability to provide a full solution *

	c	Personnel/Company Capability and Capacity *
		1 	Expertise, qualifications and experience of the personnel *
		2 	Demonstrated experience in similar projects *
		3 	Ability and demonstrated experience working with Government Agencies *
		4 	A strong understanding of Government IT&T policies *
		5 	Ability to identify residual value of infrastructure/assets for Commonwealth *
		6 	Demonstrated ability to deliver quality outcomes with tight timeframes *
		7 	Demonstrated report writing ability *
		8 	Availability of proposed personnel *
		9 	Referees Comments *

	d	Cost Options for proposed solution *
		1 	Joint venture IP remains with project developers *
		2 	Joint venture wuith Concurrent Ownership of IP *
		3 	Commercial Business option *

	e	Timeframes and Milestones *
		1 	Ability to complete the pilot within the timeframe stated *

	f	Contractual *
		1 	Ability to comply with NOIE Standard Consultancy GTIC4 *

	g	Other Areas of Compliance *
		1 	Potential for Conflict of Interest *
		2 	Compliance with competitive Neutrality *
		3 	Tenderers' Financial Viability *
		4 	Adherence to Standards of Conduct of relevant professional Association *
		5 	Compliance with endorsed supplier status *
		6	Overall compliance with brief, tender conditions and any attachments *

RESPONSE TO SELECTION CRITERIA

a	Understanding/Context of task at hand

1	In 1996 the formation members of the Open Interchange Consortium [OIC] Management Committee adopted a proposal by
	David KOHN Director of Information Technology AIDC to establish a matrix of Electronic Information Interchange 
	[EII] projects for the interchange of information between a multitude of industry groups and their application 
	processes

2	This policy framework has been the foundation of OIC Special Interest Industry Groups [ZIGs] and Special Application
	Groups [ZAGs]

3	The OIC standard working processes will well suit the requirements of the NOIE tender - working with disparate
	groups around a common area.  This includes establishing and maintaining work groups with electronic communications 
	reporting and response timescales 

4	In 1998 OIC members developed an E-commerce application as a Y2K Due Diligence Management process.  This business 
	process won 1st prize in "IT for SME" category of the prestigious Global Bangemann Challenge.  The award was 
	presented to Guy BLOMBERG by the King of Sweden in June 1999.

5	In 1999 Sun Micrsosystems Australia joined the OIC and sponsored the XML & E-commerce Special Interest Group [XZIG].
	The first XZIG Seminar was on 22 March 2000 by Anthony COATES of Rueters.

6	One of the first projects that was developed was an XML Schema for the OIC Tender Information Management Service
	[TIMS].		

7	TIMS has been operating as an XML E-commerce application for the last 3 years.  TIMS provides management metrics of 
	tenders analysed by 9 Industry Groups and 11 Application groups	

8	OIC members companies have focused on the requirements of Government at a Federal, State and Local level as a result
	of receiving tenders via TIMS. 

9	In 2001 members of the OIC were commissioned by the Federal Department of Employment, Workplace Relations & Small 
	Business [DEWRSB] to conduct a series of surveys on XML knowledge with 172 NSW Local Government Agencies.

10	The DEWRSB project team developed an innovative Active Server Page [ASP] site that enable over 50% of the Councils 
	to respond electronically to the survey questions.

11	The OIC members participating in the XML Schema Clearinghouse project are drawn together for their experience in:
	i	Information and code repositories.
	ii	XML, ebXML.Standards.
	iii	Governance, management, communication.
	iv	Running working groups, communication to disparate groups etc
	v	Business Analysis, System Build.

b	Approach/Methodology

1	The Approach/Methodology is based on an information coding methodology adopted by the International Airlines 	
	Manufacturers ATA 100.

2	This methodology is to codify the functional requirements of the information processes.  

3	This methodology has formed the information coding architecture for:

	i 	the OIC Web forms
	ii 	the dropdown message menus
	iii	the databases and fields that are updated
	iv 	the electronic Information distribution processes
	v 	the supporting documentation
	vi 	the management metrics

1 How the approach will enable the objectives to be met

1	This approach has already been piloted at the OIC to provide an electronic infrastructure based on an ASCII
	coded information architecture.

2	That architecture has been supported by many organisations involved with Electronic Data Interchange [EDI] and 
	a number of Australian Government bodies including the Australian Bureau of Statistics [ABS]

3	The approach will not only provide the XML Schema Management capability but also provide:

	i 	a way to keep stakeholders regular up-date by e-mail with reports
	ii 	an innovative way for paying for the project on a per hit basis for each schema
	iii	significantly accelerate information distribution processes

2 Soundness of approach for measuring benefits

1	This approach has been piloted in the OIC since 2000 and can provide a series of reports on the benefits of using 
	the approach

3 Level of innovation

1	The level of innovation has been recognised as the Yankee Group as "way beyond EDI".

2	The innovation is based on understanding the key issues of information management and the retrieval of pertinent
	automatically updated information

4 Ability to provide a full solution

1	The project team and methodology used can provide the full solution required.

c	Personnel/Company Capability and Capacity

1	Expertise, qualifications and experience of the personnel

	Project Team

	A	Ken BROMFIELD	Project Director - Quality Assurance
	B	Stephen GOULD	Project Manager - XML Schema Project Co-ordination
	C	Guy BLOMBERG	Database Technical Expert
	D	Lars SORHUS		Web Developer Technical Expert
	E	Martin O'DEA	Business Process Expert
	F	Larry WILSON	E-Security Expert

A	Project Director	Ken BROMFIELD - Managing Director OTMG Pty Ltd

a	Ken was the Principal of the Indigo School of Graphics.  He was the original Webmaster for the OIC in 1998 and
	developed the platform that, according the Judges, played a very important part in winning the trophy at the Global
	Bangemann Challenge.

b	Ken has been involved with the development and operation of the Tender Information Management Service [TIMS] for
	the OIC.

c	Ken has the skills and disciplines for the Quality Assurance for software testing and documentation

B	Project Manager		Stephen GOULD - EII Consultant

a	Stephen has been involved with EDI and Small and Medium size Enterprises for many years.  He was Director of 
	Office Automation for Burroughs Computers Australia.

b	He has represented a number of Small Business Associations on EDI Standards bodies including:

	1 	Australian Small Business Association		ASBA
	2 	UK Federation of Small Business			FSB
	3 	UK Forum for Private Business				FPB
	4 	UK Union of Independent Companies			UIC

c	Stephen has been the OIC representative on ebXML Australia since 2000

d	He is recognised by IBM UK as a world expert in electronic information processes

e	He has been commissioned to conduct electronic business process surveys by a number of Australian organisations
	and European organisations including the British Standards Institute, European Aerospace Association and the 
	Institution of Electrical Engineers.

C	Guy BLOMBERG - Database Technical Expert

a	Guy has been involved with EDI since 1988.  He developed the initial EDI application for NSW Customs and was the
	architect for the project that won the "IT for SME" category of the Global Bangemann Challenge.

b	Guy is a database expert who has developed a number of EDI and Active Server Page [ASP] applications whereby the 
	Web forms interface direct into the databases.

D	Lars SORHUS - Web Application Technical Expert

a	Lars has been involved with the XML Special Interest Group since its formation.  

b	Lars has been the prime developer for the OTMG Tender Information Management Service [TIMS]

c	He has been the web-master for the SME E-business Management Services web-site http://www.smeems.net

E	Martin O'DEA - Business Consultant

a	Martin is the Managing Director of Activecom.  Martin is based in Canberra and has been a member of the OIC since 
	2000.  Martin has been involved with a number of EDI projects.

b	Martins latest project for AusAID, is a .Net development running in 30 countries over thin bandwidth.  It is 
	accessed by Australian Universities, AusAID staffers, DFAT posts, and AusAID contractors in countries throughout 
	South East Asia. This highly secure system has passed all DSD requirements.  Requirements were gathered using RUP.

F	Larry WILSON - E-Security Consultant

a	Larry is the Managing Director of Wilson Data Services.  Larry is an Electronic Security Expert.  Larry has
	worked for the Department of Defence on a number of projects

2 Demonstrated experience in similar projects

a	There are three projects that could be considered as similar projects:

	1	1998	Development OICY2KRAMP E-commerce application
	

	Sponsor:	Business Management Trust

	This is the project that won the "IT for SME" Category of the Global Bangemann Challenge


	This project was delivered in time and at the agreed cost so that a client for Business Management Trust could 
	provide Y2K Due Diligence certificates for a potential company buyer.

	2	2000	Development OTMG Tender Information Management Services


	Sponsor:	Sun Microsystems Australia

	OIC members developed an TIMS as an XML application.  

	This application is now completing its 3rd year of operation

	3	2002	Development of SME E-bizness Management Services


	Sponsor:	CSC Australia

	This application was developed for CSC Australia who required a series of seminars to explain the benefits of 
	E-bizness to Small & Medium size Enterprises [SMEs].

	The site was develop in time and to budget for the first seminar in Apr 2000


3 Ability and demonstrated experience working with Government Agencies

a	In March 2001 the Federal Department of Employment, Workplace Relations & Small Business commissioned members of 
	the OIC to conduct a series of surveys with NSW Local Government Agencies
	

b	The OIC members involved with the project developed an Electronic Active Server Page [ASP] application which was
	an XML prototype.

c	As a result of the ASP Application over 50% of the Councils responded to the survey in the agreed timescale as 
	per the contract

4 A strong understanding of Government IT&T policies

a	Presentations by NOIE key staff on Government IT&T Policies:

	1	Wed 24 Oct 2001 - Patrick CALLIONI - NOIE Chief General Manager of Information Economy

	2	Fri 28 Sep 2001 - John GRANT - NOIE Chief General Manager Gov On-line Strategy

b	As a result of the tenders that have been published on the OTMG Tender Service the members of the project team 
	have a strong understanding of Government IT&T policies

c	This is confirmed by the slides from a number of XZIG Seminars

	Eg	
	1	NSW Government IT&T Policy


	2	NSW Government Procurement Manuals 




5 Ability to identify residual value of infrastructure/assets for Commonwealth

a	The OIC XML Schema Project team recognise that the on-going maintenance of the infrastructure will have a value 
	for the Commonwealth and have developed a way of electronically levying a small fee for each time an XML Schemas 
	is used.

b	In addition the project team are prepared to accept on-going royalties to defer the initial costs for developing 
	the infrastructure.

c	The project team are also prepared to accept that this may require developing a marketing strategy to assist with 
	the adoption of the XML schemas by Australian business.

6 Demonstrated ability to deliver quality outcomes with tight timeframes

a	The projects previously identified illustrate that the people involved with this project have delivered quality 
	outcomes with tight timeframes.  This includes:

	1 	1999	The award by the Global Bangemann Challenge

	2 	2001	Payment by the Dep Employment, Workplace Relations & Small Business

	3 	2002	On-going support by CSC Australia for TIMS project

7 Demonstrated report writing ability

a	A number of reports can be provided as examples of report writing ability.  Those reports include:

	1	1999 	Group Financial Systems
			Year 2000 Compliance
			Remediation Evidence

	2	1998 	Business Management Trust
			Business Process Review - an Analysis of the Changing Business Processes

	3	1998 	Looker Group of Companies
			Business Process Review
			Stage 1 - Information Gathering

	4	1988	Looker Group of Companies
			Business Process Review
			Stage 2 - Survey Workflow Processes

	5	1997	ITOL Grant Application
			Electronic Association Information Management [EAIM] 

	6	1996 	AIDC
			Submission for Funding Prototype Electronic Network Services

8 Availability of  proposed personnel

a	All the personnel are available to participate in this project as a joint venture.

9 Referees Comments

A	John SWEETMAN	Managing Director		Business Management Trust

B	Mario ROSI	Industry Development Manager	CSC Australia



B 	John SWEETMAN		T: 0418-220-936
	Managing Director 
	Business Management Trust
a	In November 1998 the Business Management Trust engaged Stephen GOULD to:

	1 	Conduct a Business Process review of the Looker Group of Companies
	2 	Develop a Y2K Compliance Remediation Certification process

b	The Business Process Review and CY2K Certification process were required as the Directors of Lookers Group of 
	Companies were considering an offer for the company.  This offer was contingent on the Business Process review 
	and a Y2K Compliance Certification.

c	Stephen GOULD as the project manager engaged members of the Open Interchange Consortium to assist with the
	Y2K Compliance Remediation Certification.

d	There were 72 Computer systems that required certification.

e	Stephen GOULD researched and identified appropriate software for the checking and remdiation process and 	
	engaged the appropriate people to conduct the initial Y2K review and develop the required monthly certification 
	process as an e-commerce application over the Internet.

f	The following OIC members were involved with the Y2K Remediation project:

	1 	Ken BROMFIELD
	2 	Guy BLOMBERG	
	3 	Paul GAVEYONIS 
	4 	Geoff MAY
	5 	Stevan GILLMORE

g	This process was developed and implemented in 3 months to time and budget.  At the end of the 3 months the 
	Lookers' staff could continue the remediation process themselves. 

h	As a result of the Reports produced by Stephen GOULD and implementation of the OIC Y2K Resource Asset Management 
	Process [OICY2KRAMP] the Lookers Group of Companies was purchased at a satisfactory arrangement to the directors.

i	OICY2KRAMP was also successful in winning the "IT for Small & Medium size Enterprises" category of the prestigious
	Global Bangemann Challenge in Stockholm.

j	The trophy was presented by the King of Sweden to Guy BLOMBERG who was the Y2K Compliance database application 
	developer.

k	Reports produced for Business Management Trust

	1	2000 	Group Financial Systems
			Year 2000 Compliance
			Remediation Evidence

	2	1998	Business Management Trust
			Business Process Review - an Analysis of the Changing Business Processes

	3	1998 	Looker Group of Companies
			Business Process Review
			Stage 1 - Information Gathering

	4	1988	Looker Group of Companies
			Business Process Review
			Stage 2 - Survey Workflow Processes

Referees Comments

B	2 Mario ROSI
	Industry Development Manager
	CSC Australia	
	T:  (02) 6232-7600

a	CSC Australia has been a member of the XML & E-commerce Special Interest Group [XZIG] of the 
	Open Interchange Consortium since November 2000.


b	CSC Australia joined the OIC for a number of reasons including Management Metrics of the Tender Information 		
	Management Service [TIMS] and the way TIMS enables Small and Medium size Enterprises to become involved with 
	the e-business process

c	In 2001 CSC Australia contributed to the enhancements of TIMS to enable Industry Interest groups to identify key
	tenders to work together for Government funding applications like ITOL.

d	In 2002 CSC Australia sponsored the development of an Active Server Page [ASP] application for a series of seven 
	SME E-bizness Benefits seminars in NSW, Victoria, ACT and South Australia

e	Part of this development included developing a structured XML layouts for:

	1 	ASP surveys
	2 	event registration
	3	retrieving speaker papers electronically


f	The members of the OIC involved in this project were

	1	Stephen GOULD		Project Manager
	2	Guy BLOMBERG		Database Repository developer
	3	Lars SORHUS			Web developer
	4	Michael MILLER		Survey questions

g	The OIC members developed the application to a very tight timescale and achieved a very good response of over 
	140 completed response to the ASP questionnaire

h	the OIC members have over the last three years developed a very good understanding of XML Schemes from the 
	applications that have been developed.

i	They appear to have the technical knowledge and experience to be able meet the requirements of the XML Schema 
	Clearinghouse tender

d	Cost

a	There are 3 cost options:

	1	Joint venture to develop schema framework for export			Total	$  23,100
		Intellectual Property owned by OIC members

	2	Joint venture to develop schema for Australian Government 		Total	$  49,500
		Intellectual Property Co-owned	- concurrent ownership

	3	Commercial Business Cost							Total	$ 115,500
		Intellectual Property owned by DCITA

A	JOINT VENTURE TO DEVELOP SCHEMA FRAMEWORK FOR EXPORT

a	In this option the Intellectual Property from researching and developing the Schemas is owned by the OIC members involved with the project.  It is envisaged that there will be a small fee levied for each time the Schema is used.  This fee is to cater for changes that are often required with Schemas once the users are more familiar with e-Commerce processes. At this stage the fee considered appropriate for each XML Schema form is 10c

b	The Intellectual Property Stakeholders and Royalty Arrangement for this project is:

	1	OTMG Pty Ltd - Ken BROMFIELD			15%
	2	Stephen GOULD					15%
	3	Guy BLOMBERG					15%
	4	Lars SORHUS						15%
	5	Activecom Pty Ltd - Martin O'DEA		10%
	6	Wilson Data Services - Larry WILSON	10%
	7	Halisa International Network			10%
	8	Hamme Family Trust				10%

c	Joint venture cost		Total cost:	$ 23,100
						GST		$  2,100
						Fees		$ 21,000

d	Fees per week

	1 	Scoping Phase

			Three weeks @ $ 1,000 per week - $ 3,000

	2 	Development Technical Infrastructure

			Two weeks @ $ 1,500 per week = $ 3,000

	3	Development Governance Framework
	
			Three weeks @ $ 1,500 per week = $ 4,500

	4  	Pilot project in 6 sites7 weeks 

		Seven weeks @$ 1,500 per week = $ 10,500

e	This will involve:

	1 	Training

	2 	Reviewing suitability of schemas for each test site

	3 	Evaluating the training required for the department

f	The joint venture cost is based on the following:

	1 	Each person participating in the joint-venture will receive
		Royalties for each Schema that is downloaded and used 

	2 	The Intellectual Property remains with the project participants

B	JOINT VENTURE WITH CONCURRENT OWNERSHIP TO DEVELOP SCHEMA FRAMEWORK

a	In this option the Intellectual Property from researching and developing the Schemas is owned by the OIC members 
	involved with the project.  It is envisaged that there will be a small fee levied for each time the Schema is used.  This fee is to cater for changes that are often required with Schemas once the users are more familiar with e-Commerce processes. At this stage the fee consider appropriate for each form is 10c

b	The Intellectual Property Stakeholders and Royalty Arrangement for this project is:

	1	DCITA							15%
	2	OTMG Pty Ltd - Ken BROMFIELD			15%
	3	Stephen GOULD					15%
	4	Guy BLOMBERG					15%
	5	Lars SORHUS						15%
	6	Activecom Pty Ltd - Martin O'DEA		10%
	7	Wilson Data Services - Larry WILSON	10%
	8	Halisa International Network			10%
	9	Hamme Family Trust				10%

c	This will require DCITA or NOIE becoming a member of the OIC and actively promoting the use of the Schemas in
	Government departments

d	Joint venture cost		Total cost:	$ 49,500
						GST:		$  4,500
						Fees:		$ 45,000

e	Fees per week

	1 	Scoping Phase

			Three weeks @ $ 2,000 per week - $ 6,000
	
	2 	Development Technical Infrastructure

			Two weeks @ $ 3,000 per week = $ 9,000

	3	Development Governance Framework
	
			Three weeks @ $ 3,000 per week = $ 9,000

	4  	Pilot project in 6 sites7 weeks 

			Seven weeks @$ 3,000 per week = $ 21,000

e	This will involve:

	1 	Training

	2	Reviewing suitability of schemas for each test site

	3	Evaluating the training required for the department

f	The joint venture cost is based on the following:

	1 	Each person participating in the joint-venture will receive
		Royalties for each Schema that is downloaded and used 

	2	There is Co-ownership of the Intellectual Property

C	COMMERCIAL BUSINESS TRANSACTION

a	In this option all the intellectual property remains with DCITA/NOIE.

	Commercial Business costs	Total cost:	$ 115,500
						GST		$  10,500
						Fees		$ 105,000			

c	Fees per week

	1	Scoping Phase

		Three weeks @ $ 5,000 per week - $ 15,000

	2	Development Technical Infrastructure

		Two weeks @ $ 7,500 per week = $ 15,000

	3	Development Governance Framework

		Three weeks @ $ 7,500 per week = $ 22,500

	4	Pilot project in 6 sites7 weeks 

		Seven weeks @$ 7,500 per week = $ 52,500

d	This will involve:

		1	Training

		2	Reviewing suitability of schemas for each test site

		3	Evaluating the training required for the department

e	Timeframes and Milestones

1 	Ability to complete the pilot within the timeframe stated

a	At this stage it is anticipated that the project team will be able to complete the pilot in the timeframe required.

b	This will be confirmed once the scoping study has been completed.

c	The reasons that a project team of six persons has been proposed include:

	1 	To ensure that there is adequate cover on key issues like testing and documentation

	2 	To enable people with different yet necessary complementary skills become involved with this project for
		rapid deployment to other Federal and State Departments 

	3 	Establish a communication process which will enable the sharing of information with stakeholders 

f	Contractual

1 	Ability to comply with NOIE Standard Consultancy GTIC4

	The following sections that require review:

	i	clause 21 Intellectual Property

		If Cost option 1 or 2 selected then an agreement on royalty fee payments for each Schema that is used

	ii	clause 28.2 Termination for Convenience

		As other consultants are involved with different stages of this contract, if the Contract is terminated
		for Convenience by the Client then a termination fee of 25% of the outstanding fee is agreed

g	Other Areas of Compliance

1 	Potential for Conflict of Interest

i	Read and agreed

2 	Compliance with competitive Neutrality

ii	Read and agreed

3 	Tenderers' Financial Viability

i	The Open Interchange Consortium [OIC} is, like other organisations involved with E-commerce including ebXML
	Australia and OASIS, an unincorporated Association.  

ii	The OIC was established in 1994 as a not-for-profit organisation to research, develop and promote Electronic 
	Information Technologies as effective business tools.

iii	In this particular project the contract requirement is seeking advanced skills to address long outstanding 
	e-business process challenges.  Each consultant involved with this project has developed skills of the last 
	five years that may provide a solution to the e-business process challenges

4 	Adherence to Standards of Conduct of relevant professional Association

i	The OIC has established a standard of Conduct for E-business consultancy projects

5 	Compliance with endorsed supplier status

i	The project team has not applied for endorsed supplier status

6 	Overall compliance with brief, tender conditions and any attachments

i	The OIC XML Schema Clearinghouse project team complies with the vast majority of the tender conditions and
	 attachments