Exclusive: NDIS contract blew out by $200m

National Disability Insurance Agency's software contract blew out to $210 million within three years .

The true value of the contract is about $75 million higher than the $135 million estimated by a joint committee last month .

The contract and issues surrounding it have been referred to the National Anti-Corruption Commission .

The agency is now undertaking its own investigation into the contracts with Salesforce.

Salesforce executives wined and dined senior NDIA officials as the value of the contract continued to grow.

The JCPAA received a detailed, itemised list from Salesforce containing more than 100 instances of hospitality or gifts.

Examples include a dinner costing $ 531.33 at high-end Melbourne restaurant Vue de monde in December 2020 , a lunch for $ 320 in St Kilda in May 2021 , and a $ 488 dinner and drinks in South Yarra in October 2022 .

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