Encouraging early-stage scalable businesses in South Australia
Go2Gov
Go2Gov is a government programme launched in July 2020 by the Department for Industry, Innovation and Science in partnership with the Department of Treasury and Finance and the Office of the Industry Advocate in Australia. The programme is a pilot delivering (AUD) $2Million over 2 two years to support innovation in South Australia. Projects are centrally funded across Feasibility and Proof of Concept (MVP) Phases. Agency co-funding is encouraged, but not required. 14 proof of concept projects funded, 3 advancing into full procurement to date.
Go2Gov is designed to encourage startups and early-stage scalable businesses in South Australia to bring forward innovative products and services, and for public sector agencies to become a first or reference customer.
Startups/early-stage businesses can engage with the Program by:
Responding to Public Sector Challenges (innovation challenges) issued by participating agencies
directly approaching the Program through an unmatched proposal process.
Go2Gov works with agencies to issue public sector challenges to the startups community. Multiple startups may be funded ($5K AUS) to work with each government agency to prove the feasibility of their proposal and to then pilot their solutions with agencies.
After a successful pilot, each agency may directly contract the most successful startup for the provision of that product or service for up to three years (no cap on financial value). Startups retain intellectual property and gain government as a credible first / reference customer.
Startups can engage with Go2Gov by:
- Responding to open calls for proposals
- Making an unsolicited proposal at any time
Operational Efforts and responsibilities
Agency co-funding is encouraged, but not required. 14 proof of concept projects funded, 5 advancing into full procurement to date.
Programme role: Go2Gov is managed end-to-end by the Office of the South Australian Chief Entrepreneur.
Programme role: Go2Gov is managed end-to-end by the Go2Gov Program Manager with support from the Office of the South Australian Chief Entrepreneur.
Key activities include: Program promotion, recruiting and issuing new challenges, securing resources/involvement, market dialogue, drafting contracts, supporting the Program and Evaluation Committees to assess and fund proposals, building skills and relationships (startups and agencies), relationship management, in- / post-program activity and impact reporting.
Projects:
Optible AI: Optible AI’s platform uses Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to accelerate the assessment of forms – such as Grant Applications - against customised eligibility and merit criteria, delivering new data, enhanced insights and expedited assessments.
Be Well Plan App: Be Well Co’s “Be Well Plan” mobile application increases the wellbeing and resilience of the Department’s workforce across a broad range of mobile and remote working environments and provides evidence-based strategies for positive behaviour change.
Pavely App: “Pavely” is a social planning app that provides a directory of venues from around South Australia with accessibility and inclusion ratings. Pavely empowers people living with disability to visit venues with confidence, knowing that their needs are catered to.
Personify Care: Software platform that digitises the pre-admission risk questionnaires and requirements for surgical admissions and post-surgery support. Personify Care successfully attracted a A$5.6 million contract from SA Health to extend its digital patient pathways project across the state over the next two years.
Cortex: A platform that digitalises induction, training and assessment and modernises learning delivery, increases productivity and reduces duplication of interagency recruitment.
