Canberra, ACT — AI, procurement and delivery advisory
Wood Shack Advisory works on the parts that stall: business cases that have to survive review, procurements under scrutiny, programs that need structure, and AI that has to reach production rather than pilot. Built on delivery experience inside the Australian Government.
Five capabilities · one point of contact
Technology
Practical adoption rather than pilots that go nowhere. Finding the use cases worth doing, proving them, and putting the data, guardrails and change support around them.
ExperienceDelivered a sovereign AI capability inside the Australian Government.
What you getUse case assessment, a working pilot and an adoption plan.
Procurement
Approach to market through to contract for high-value, high-scrutiny buys. Requirements, evaluation design, negotiation support and a process built to survive audit.
ExperienceLarge-scale government procurement activities, including cloud and cloud support services.
What you getProcurement strategy, tender documentation and evaluation report.
Delivery
Standing up new programs, recovering ones that have drifted, and running delivery through to close. Governance, schedule, risk, dependencies and reporting that an executive will actually read.
ExperienceStood up and established a Program Management Office for a large Australian Government client.
What you getDelivery plan, governance pack and reporting that holds up in front of a board.
Cost & price
Building and stress-testing cost models: what an initiative costs to build, run and sustain over its life, and whether the price in front of you is defensible.
ExperienceCosting and pricing of technology solutions supplied to government.
What you getA cost model you can operate yourself, with every assumption documented.
Investment
Turning an idea into a funded proposal. Options analysis, benefits, whole-of-life cost, risk and the evidence needed to get through the gates.
ExperienceAssessed and prioritised over $1 billion in funding across government technology groups.
What you getBusiness case and options analysis, review-ready.
Senior only
The person you talk to is the person doing the work. No handover to a team you have not met.
Defined scope
Work is scoped as a defined piece with a named output, so you know what you are buying before it starts.
Local
On site when it helps, and familiar with how the sector plans, buys and reports.
Get in touch
Tell us what you are trying to get done and by when. If we are not the right fit, we will say so.
0477 220 858