Accenture has secured another government contract, this time with the Department of Health and Aged Care (DHAC) to support its aged care digital transformation program for $289 million. 

According to a department spokesperson that spoke to iTnews, Accenture is one of several suppliers that will help to deliver contractors to prepare for the commencement of new systems and initiatives as part of the new reform measures, including updated legislation and a Support at Home program.

“[Accenture] will augment the permanent APS [Australian public service] workforce… during a period of significant reform and digital uplift for the aged care sector,” the spokesperson said.

The new contract, the firm’s third active win for the department, means Accenture will be paid close to $450 million of the Federal Government’s allocation towards aged care digital transformation, after first securing an $18.1 million contract in 2022 to develop the government provider management system (GPMS) which has since blown out to just under $157 million.

The GPMS, once complete, will serve as the department’s new repository of aged care services providers, replacing the 20-year-old national approved provider system (NAPS).

An Aged Care spokesperson also told iTnews that Accenture “has capabilities in cloud, digital, and security domains, and provides the department with specialist ICT skills in areas such as architecture, solution design, delivery management, software development, testing, release management and application support”.

“The implementation of the foundational GPMS was a key deliverable in the first phase of the aged care digital transformation agenda,” they said.

“With the baseline solution built, the department is continuing to develop new functionality and components on the GPMS portal to meet the ongoing requirements of planned reform measures, new government policy initiatives, and legislative requirements.”