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 The Industry Capability Network (ICN) promotes New Zealand and Australian industry through assisting with the development of world class supply chains in support of major New Zealand and Australian public, industrial and commercial developments, and procurement projects.
The ICN provides project owners, managers and purchasers with a free sourcing service to identify New Zealand and Australian manufacturers and service providers capable of supplying products and services that would otherwise be imported. |
 The Industry Capability Network (ICN) looks to raise the opportunities for local industry in major procurement projects. It does this because it believes there are substantial benefits for project owners and their prime contractors in considering local sub-contractors.
These benefits extend to engineering and manufacturing based projects and information technology projects. They include lower cost through the whole life of a project, asset or IT system, reduced exposure to foreign exchange risk, lowering supply chain delivery times, and ability to leverage locally based innovation.
To assist project owners, ICN has constructed a local industry participation template that can be inserted into tender documents. Further information is available from ICN. |
 The ICN works with New Zealand and Australian private and state owned enterprise, government departments and bodies to identify major project opportunities that can fulfilled through competitive local supply.
The ICN assists project managers and their agents by identifying New Zealand and Australian industry capable of supplying competitive alternatives to products and services that are currently imported.
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