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Kia ora Maxwell,

 

Thank you for your request for official information. The Ministry's
reference number for your request is: H202116945.

 

Please be advised that due dates for requests received from 29 November
2021 onwards take into account the following periods:

 

Christmas (25 December 2021)

Summer Holidays (25 December to 15 January)

New Year's Day (1 January 2022)

Day after News Year's Day (2 January 2022)

 

Your request has been logged and you can expect a reply no later than 18
January 2022 as required under the Official Information Act 1982.

 

Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic response, the Ministry is experiencing
significantly higher volumes of queries and requests for information. If
we are unable to respond to your request within this time frame, we will
notify you of an extension of that time frame.

 

If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
get in touch.

 

Ngā mihi

 

OIA Services

Government Services

Office of the Director-General

Ministry of Health

E: [1][email address]

 

---Original Message-----
From: Maxwell <[FOI #17769 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 30 November 2021 9:39 am
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - My Vaccine Pass outsourcing
decision

 

Dear Ministry of Health,

 

I write as a New Zealand citizen.

 

As I understand—in 2017 the Ministry of Health procured a new software
technology platform via Deloitte (using Salesforce, Mulesoft, Amazon Web
Services and other technology sets) to implement and manage the Covid-19
Immunisation Register (Source:
[2]https://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=15517&...

 

Given this existing internal platform is capable of delivering the same
technical requirements for the My Vaccine Pass application (including
accessing data held in the Covid-19 Immunisation Register)—can I please
request all the correspondence (meeting minutes, emails, memos, etc) held
by the Ministry of Health or related agencies which helped inform the
decision to outsource the development of the "My Vaccine Pass" application
to an external third-party vendor via a tender process?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Maxwell

 

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Kia ora Maxwell

 

Thank you for your request for official information, received on 30
November 2021 for: 

 

" : As I understand—in 2017 the Ministry of Health procured a new software
technology platform via Deloitte (using Salesforce, Mulesoft, Amazon Web
Services and other technology sets) to implement and manage the Covid-19
Immunisation Register (Source:
https://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=15517&...

Given this existing internal platform is capable of delivering the same
technical requirements for the My Vaccine Pass application (including
accessing data held in the Covid-19 Immunisation Register)—can I please
request all the correspondence (meeting minutes, emails, memos, etc) held
by the Ministry of Health or related agencies which helped inform the
decision to outsource the development of the "My Vaccine Pass" application
to an external third-party vendor via a tender process?"

 

We are contacting you in accordance with section 18B of the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act) as your request, as it is currently worded,
is for a very large volume of information. Hundreds of emails have been
identified as being within scope of your request. Your request may be
refused under section 18(f) of the Act as the information requested cannot
be made available without substantial collation or research.  

 

If it is possible for you to narrow the scope of your request by selecting
a shorter time frame or specifying a topic, we may be able to provide you
with information.  

 

Please respond by 14 January 2021 so that we can consider your refinement
in our response to your request. 

 

We look forward to receiving your response. 

 

Ngâ mihi 

OIA Services
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Kia ora Maxwell
Please find attached the response to your request for official
information.
Ngā mihi

OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
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