Peter Degraaff

Background

About Peter Degraaff

Peter has over 30 years’ experience advising Australian Government and ACT Government agencies and the private sector on end-to-end procurement and contracting processes, contract development & management and contract negotiation. Peter gained most of his experience working in government in senior roles in large complex acquisition programs in Defence and Health & Ageing in the Australian Government and in ICT Procurement and Whole of Government Procurement in the ACT Government. He also provided organisational transformation and procurement-related consultancy services to Australian Government agencies and the private sector. Peter commenced with Proximity in October 2016 where he has built extensive experience providing commercial, procurement and contracting advice and support to large, complex procurement and contracting projects, including in ICT projects, in agencies like Defence (mainly in complex materiel and services acquisition and sustainment programs), the NDIA (ICT capability uplift projects), the ATO and Infrastructure. He aims to provide commercial advice and support to clients to achieve value for money and sound procurement outcomes in end-to-end procurement processes including industry engagement, strategic & operational planning, interactive tendering (including competitive dialogue), evaluation (including training), negotiation (including training) and contract management health checks. In addition to his Arts degree, Peter has tertiary qualifications in Public Policy, Strategic Government Procurement and Contracting and Training & Assessment.