Workday has been added to New Zealand's Government Digital Delivery Agency (GDDA) Marketplace, giving eligible government agencies a new route to procure the company's enterprise software through an approved digital procurement channel.
The listing covers Workday's applications for human resources, finance and planning, allowing public-sector organizations to assess the company's software alongside other digital products available through the Marketplace.
The move gives Workday a route into New Zealand's public sector as government agencies continue to look for ways to modernize the systems supporting their organizations.
What Workday's New Listing Means
The GDDA Marketplace is designed to give government organizations a more straightforward way to source digital products and services from approved suppliers, with suppliers required to meet requirements around security, commercial integrity and operational assurance.
For buyers, that creates a degree of assurance before they move into the procurement and implementation process and saves them from starting each procurement process from scratch.
Workday's listings for Human Capital Management, Financial Management and Adaptive Planning span much of the workforce administration, financial operations, planning and forecasting needed for government operations, giving agencies an easy route to a single system for several of the core functions needed to manage an organization.
Workday already has a presence across New Zealand's public sector, with more than 12 organizations using its technology, including public service agencies, local government bodies and universities. The Marketplace listing now gives the company another channel through which it can reach eligible government organizations and highlights its focus on government clients.
Workday's Government Push Goes Beyond New Zealand
The New Zealand listing becomes more significant when viewed alongside Workday's activity in other public-sector markets. The company has been steadily expanding its government business in Canada, where it announced five new public-sector customers in June, including the cities of Kelowna and Markham and numerous healthcare organizations.
That expansion builds on an established relationship with the Canadian federal government. Workday was selected alongside SAP and Ceridian as a qualified vendor for Canada's Next Generation HR and Pay initiative, which explored potential replacements for the country's troubled Phoenix pay system.
