Department of Internal Affairs

C3 (Common Capabilities and Cloud) Programme

This is an Advance Notice to advise suppliers who are interested in providing New Zealand Government agencies with Telecommunication Services, ICT Infrastructure Services and Managed Security Services.

C3 Programme intends to publish the documents listed below on 25th August 2025 to gather feedback from the supplier market.

1. Channel Design (Taxonomy) for the 3 channels being Infrastructure Services, Telecommunications Services and Managed Security Services
2. Draft Service Listing Templates
3. Draft Channel Terms for the Infrastructure Services Channel, Telecommunications Services Channel, and Managed Security Services Channel (i.e., Part 2 of the Collaborative Marketplace Agreement for the new Channels)
4. Supplier template for feedback on Service listings
5. Supplier Template for Channel terms feedback

A market briefing will be held at 2.00pm on 26th of August via MS Teams. The briefing will be recorded and made available on GETS for those who cannot make this date.

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NjMzZTI1YmQtY2M3ZS00OGE4LWJkOWUtMzNmMmUyNjIyNzZh%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22f659ca5c-fc47-4e96-b24d-14c95df13acb%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%229bd09e5d-9f23-42c0-84dc-a2b56c9b0c87%22%7d

Deadline for Submission of Feedback is 19th September 2025 10.00pm.

Indicative timeline following the submission of feedback is:
1. 22nd Sept – 17th Oct we will be analysing feedback and may seek clarification and/or invite suppliers to discuss their feedback.
2. Between 20th October – 1st November 2025 we will be complete our analysis and make any updates to the drafts.
3. Early November we will publish provisional final service listings and channel terms and may allow upto two weeks for further market review and consultation.
4. From 17th November 2025 until 12th December we will complete final analysis of feedback, including completing internal and NZGP reviews and approvals.
5. On December 15th we will publish final CMA part 2 terms, services taxonomy and service listing templates.
6. As per project timelines it is intended that a standing invitation for applications to join the Channels will be published on GETS in early February 2026.
7. Service listings published 1 July 2026.

Please submit any questions through GETS – questions should be restricted to clarifications processes.
Feedback must be in the templates provided.
The completed feedback must be via email to: C3Programme@dia.gov.nz