Looking for a Drupal or GovCMS provider?
Lots of agencies are interested in using GovCMS or Drupal to leverage the many benefits of Drupal and the Australian Government Drupal distribution, GovCMS. For government agencies, this normally means writing a tender or request for quotation (see our blog on how to write a great tender) and approaching a panel, often the Department of Finance’s Drupal Services .
How to engage our services
You can engage us to provide Drupal or GovCMS services by approaching us directly or procuring our services via one of the many government panels we are on.
Below are some different ways you can engage Salsa, depending on whether you’re a federal or state/territory agency.
Federal agencies
Drupal Services — The DSP is a list of 19 GovCMS-approved Drupal providers. Using the Panel simplifies contract management and provides assurance around your chosen provider's Drupal expertise.
DTA - Digital — This panel covers a range of digital deliverables, from user research and web development to cybersecurity. We’ve been on this panel since its inception, see Salsa Digital joins Digital Marketplace for more information. After logging into the Marketplace you can see Salsa’s DTA profile at
Direct approach (aka Direct Source) <$80K — If you’re a non-corporate Commonwealth entity and your project is less than $80K, you can approach us directly to quote and execute your project via a limited tender. For more information, look at the Commonwealth Procurement . Also note, if you’re a corporate Commonwealth entity this threshold is $400K.
Direct approach (aka Direct Source) >$80K (non-corporate Commonwealth entities) or >$400K (corporate Commonwealth entities) — If you’ve gone to open tender and received unsatisfactory responses, you can procure Salsa’s services through a limited tender. Please see section 10.3 of the Commonwealth Procurement for more information.
Australian Government, DHHS’s Creative and Digital Communication — This panel covers everything from graphic design and web apps to editorial services. We’ve been on this panel for 3+ years.
State agencies
Drupal Services — The DSP is a list of 19 GovCMS-approved Drupal providers. Using the Panel simplifies contract management and provides assurance around your chosen provider's Drupal expertise.
DTA - Digital — This panel covers a range of digital deliverables, from user research and web development to cybersecurity. Importantly, it can be used by state/territory agencies as well as federal agencies. We’ve been on this panel since its inception, see Salsa Digital joins Digital Marketplace for more information. After logging into the Marketplace you can see Salsa’s DTA profile at
Victorian Government eServices — This panel covers a range of IT services, such as software as a service (SaaS) solutions and data services. We’ve been on this panel for 3+ years.
NSW eTendering, ICT Services Prequalification — This panel covers a variety of IT services, including architecture and design, server management and telecommunications. We’ve been on this panel since November 2017. (Read our blog about the panel.)
QLD Panel — This tenders is set up for Queensland government agencies as a central place for tenders. Queensland agencies can access Salsa’s services through this tender process (or in other words, we can access your tender request through this portal!)
Direct approach (aka Direct Source) — You may also be able to approach Salsa directly to procure our services. Please see your relevant state/territory procurement rules.
You could procure our services via a primed engagement/collaboration with one of the existing GovCMS Panel members that are excited to work with us. Call us on 1300 727 952 to find out about our preferred Panel collaborators.
Why Salsa for Drupal and/or GovCMS
We believe there are lots of reasons that make Salsa an attractive vendor for the delivery of Drupal/GovCMS services. Here are some of them:
Salsa has been a pioneer/key contributor to GovCMS for the past 3-4 years
We’ve delivered over 20 GovCMS projects
Even before we won the recent GovCMS platform tender, we were the exclusive GovCMS training partner
We’re the selected Drupal delivery partner for the Victorian Government’s Single Digital Presence and many other smaller projects (view our case studies for some examples)
We’ve been working with Drupal for over six years, across different sectors
In 2016 we were Acquia’s Partner of the Year 2016 across Asia-Pacific and Japan
Our developers hold Acquia Drupal certifications and one of our tech leads is a Drupal Grandmaster
We love Drupal and we’re really good at it :)
Salsa’s 20% public open government pledge
In addition, for any GovCMS project we have the pleasure of delivering, we’ll take 20% off the development cost of any new and/or enhanced features (e.g. modules or themes) we build for your agency and contribute back to the GovCMS community. In this way, both Salsa and your agency are giving back to the GovCMS community and taking part in the open government movement. Please see our blog on our open government pledge for full details.
All agencies who’ve participated in this program will be listed on our exclusive give-back register as well as being listed as one of the contributors on Drupal.org.
This is part of our commitment to the open government and open source community in Australia.
