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Digital Passenger Declaration and Permissions Capability

Terminated Status as of 12 August 2022 · Funding type: Not published

Home Affairs appointed Accenture to deliver a Digital Passenger Declaration intended to replace the paper incoming-passenger card and the earlier COVID-19 declaration. The announced scope included collecting travel and vaccination information before boarding. 2 The government removed the COVID-19 declaration requirement from 6 July 2022 and acknowledged usability concerns. 3 The broader Permissions Capability agreement ended by mutual agreement on 12 August 2022. ANAO later identified procurement shortcomings, its report records both Home Affairs' delivery concerns and Accenture's position on how the contract ended. 1 This is separate from the earlier cancelled Global Digital Platform tender.

Key terms

Read the guide to API and PNR passenger data.

Buyer
Department of Home Affairs
Vendor
Accenture Australia Pty Ltd
Vendor based in
Australia 1
Signed
6 September 2021 1
Duration
Initial three years, two optional extensions of up to three years each. Ceased 12 August 2022 1
Value
AUD61.5 million committed across five work orders. AUD16.5 million paid by 31 October 2022, not solely the declaration application 1
Funding
Not published
Procurement route
Competitive tender 2
System ownership
Not published
Data terms
The announced scope included collecting vaccination and travel information and sharing approved information with state and territory public-health authorities. Retention terms not published in the cited release. 2

Timeline

  1. Signed or started: 6 September 2021 1
  2. 12 August 2022: Recorded status is Terminated.
  3. 7 June 2023: ANAO found an open tender design but shortcomings in evaluation and demonstration of value for money. Home Affairs partially agreed to the recommendation. 1
  4. The audit records Home Affairs' position that contracted milestones were missed. Accenture said the contract ended by mutual agreement, not unilateral departmental termination. The signed cessation agreement supports that distinction. 1

Sources

  1. ANAO: Procurement of the Permissions Capability (7 June 2023)
  2. Australian Home Affairs ministers: DPD appointment (13 September 2021)
  3. Australian Minister for Home Affairs: removal of COVID-19 border requirements (July 2022)

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