Government Software Development Perth WA

Nano Solutions builds custom software for Australian government — state agencies, local councils, and federal contractors. We are an approved supplier on the WA Government CUAICTS2021 ICT panel (Contractor #225), meaning agencies can engage us directly without a full open tender. Australian-resident team, Fremantle-based, code and data stay under Australian jurisdiction.

Government Software Development for WA Agencies and Councils

Government software has constraints that commercial work does not. Procurement timelines are long. Security postures are non-negotiable. Records-management obligations follow the data for years. Public-facing services must be accessible, multilingual-ready, and operationally robust on launch day. Internal systems must integrate with state platforms whose documentation predates the people who maintain them. And every dollar spent has to be defensible in audit.

We have been delivering software for Australian government and public-sector clients since 2013, including local-government work for the City of Fremantle. We understand how the constraints fit together — and how to deliver inside them on time, on budget, and to the standards expected.

Engaging Nano Solutions Through CUAICTS2021

The Common Use Arrangement CUAICTS2021 is the WA Government's ICT panel arrangement. As an approved panel supplier (Contractor #225), we can be engaged by:

• WA State agencies and departments
• WA local government authorities (councils, shires, regional councils of mayors)
• Government Trading Enterprises (GTEs) and statutory authorities
• Boards, commissions, and other public-sector entities listed under the arrangement

For most engagements, this means a panel quote request rather than a full open tender — typically a 1–2 week procurement cycle instead of 3–6 months. We can provide indicative scoping, references, security documentation, and a fixed-price proposal as part of the response.

Federal agencies and other Australian jurisdictions can engage us directly under standard contracting terms, or via prime-contractor arrangements where panel access is required.

Where We Add Value

• Custom Web Applications: Citizen-facing portals, staff workflow tools, document management, case management, and integration platforms.
• Legacy Modernisation: Migration of in-house systems built on aging stacks (classic ASP, VB.NET, legacy PHP, Access, on-prem SQL) to maintainable, supportable, cloud-native architectures.
• Systems Integration: Bridging departmental systems, state platforms, payment gateways, identity providers, and statistical reporting endpoints.
• Public-Facing Services: Accessibility-first, multilingual-ready, high-traffic citizen platforms — including WCAG 2.1 AA / AAA conformance and graceful degradation under load.
• Mobile & Field Apps: Inspector and field-officer apps, including offline data capture and synchronisation for areas with intermittent coverage.
• Data & Reporting Platforms: Operational reporting, analytics, and statutory reporting feeds — with audit-grade lineage and immutable history.
• Cloud Migration & Managed Operations: AWS, Azure, GCP, DigitalOcean, private cloud, and on-premises migrations with WA / Australian data-residency, ongoing managed operations, and IRAP-ready architectures in partnership with cleared infrastructure providers.

Compliance & Security Frameworks

Our delivery aligns to the frameworks government clients are accountable for:

• Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM): Control selection, documentation, and traceability suitable for IRAP assessment.
• Essential Eight Maturity Model: Application control, patching, MFA, restricted admin privileges, and the rest of the eight — built into the architecture, not bolted on.
• ISO/IEC 27001: ISMS-aligned controls across application security, change management, and vendor management.
• Privacy Act 1988 & Australian Privacy Principles (APPs): Personal-information handling, mandatory data-breach notification readiness, and APP 11 reasonable-steps obligations.
• State Records Act 2000 (WA): Records retention, immutable audit trails, and disposal aligned to General Disposal Authorities and agency-specific retention schedules.
• WCAG 2.1 AA / AAA: Accessibility built in by default for public-facing services.
• Australian Government Architecture (AGA) & Digital Service Standard: Where applicable, design and delivery aligned to Digital Service Standard criteria.

Why Government Clients Choose Nano Solutions

Australian-Resident Team, Australian Jurisdiction

All engineering performed in Australia by Australian-resident staff. Source code, infrastructure, and customer data remain under Australian jurisdiction. No offshore subcontracting at any tier.

Senior Engineers Throughout

The senior engineer who scopes your project is the one who builds it, demos it, and maintains it. Government work rewards continuity — and continuity is how we operate.

Records, Audit, and Documentation Built In

Audit logs, retention schedules, and documentation are first-class deliverables, not last-minute add-ons. Successor teams (yours or another supplier's) can pick up the system without an archaeology project.

Local Government Track Record

Direct delivery experience with WA local government, including the City of Fremantle. We understand councillor reporting cycles, ratepayer expectations, and the specific operational rhythm of local government IT.

Honest About What We Don't Do

We do not chase work outside our depth. If your problem needs a system integrator at scale, IRAP-cleared infrastructure, or a specialised vendor, we will say so — and where appropriate help you find the right partner.

Recent & Historic Government Work

• City of Fremantle: Custom software development engagements for one of WA's busiest local government authorities.
• Surf Life Saving Australia (community-safety, national): National BeachSafe public-information platform covering 12,000+ Australian beaches; the Operations App used by lifesavers nationwide; and the Results competition platform — all running in production at national scale.
• Multiple WA local-government engagements: Internal portals, integration projects, and modernisation work delivered under the CUAICTS2021 arrangement.

Detailed referee contacts and project case studies available on request as part of a panel quote response.

Engagement Models

• Fixed-Price Project: For well-defined scopes — discovery, build, launch, and warranty period at an agreed total cost.
• Time & Materials with Cap: For evolving scopes — daily or weekly rates with a not-to-exceed cap, monthly billing, and full transparency on hours.
• Managed Operations: Post-launch managed service for environments we have built or inherited — monitoring, patching, and incident response under panel rates.
• Embedded Senior Engineer: Senior engineer(s) embedded in your in-house team for a defined engagement period — knowledge transfer, technical leadership, and delivery support.

Typical Investment

• Discovery & Scoping Engagement: From $8,000–$25,000 for a fixed-price discovery producing requirements, architecture, fixed-price build estimate, and risk register.
• Build Engagements: Project-priced — typical local-government workflow tools land in the $40,000–$150,000 range; multi-system integrations and citizen-facing platforms scale to $250,000+.
• Managed Operations: From $1,500/month for small environments to $8,000+/month for multi-account production estates with on-call response.

All engagements priced under the CUAICTS2021 panel rates where applicable.

Read more about our CUAICTS2021 panel listing or contact us to request a quote, references, or a scoping conversation.