Government Agencies Please Note:

The Microsoft Product suite available to you as a a Government Agency under the MCSSA is not free as in gratis... The license costs may not appear on your balance sheet but make no mistake, someone, somewhere is sending a significant chunk of New Zealand Taxpayer dollars offshore to a US multinational never to be seen again. 

Tax dollars spent in New Zealand on goods and services supplied by New Zealand companies on the other hand return at least 25% of their value in tax income that can be spent again in New Zealand on goods and services supplied by New Zealand businesses thereby continuing to drive the local economy and deliver Broader Outcomes as described in the Government Procurement Guidelines.