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FormBuilder.govt

FormBuilder.govt gives government agencies and councils a way to develop online service forms in days, not weeks or months.

Forms used by New Zealand businesses are fully paid for by central government funding — there’s no cost to you and no procurement process required.

Reusable digital components — Service Modernisation Roadmap

Service description

FormBuilder.govt has a suite of features that can be combined to create government services like:

  • registrations
  • licence and permit applications
  • surveys
  • consultations
  • notifications
  • renewals.

Case studies — Business Connect

FormBuilder.govt feature list

  • No-code builder — more than 30 types of fields to choose from.
  • Conditional logic — create dynamic forms that show or hide specific fields based on previous responses.
  • Custom field validation — get the right information the first time around.
  • Data pre-population — make form-filling faster for your users by prepopulating fields for them.
  • Front-end platform (Business Connect) — to host your services with notifications, tracking and options to reuse application data.
  • Admin portal — fully funded cloud-based case management portal allows your team to log in to review submissions and approve or decline them.
  • Access by application programming interface (API).
  • Bulk downloads — ability to download bulk data for your service by selecting a date range and importing the resulting CSV file into excel.

Easily create accessible, secure and efficient forms

This government-run, no-code builder facilitates mass digitisation without compromising security.

To extend form functionality and enhance user experience and efficiency, FormBuilder.govt uses pre-built integrations with the:

  • New Zealand Business Number (NZBN) lookup
  • New Zealand Post address lookup.

Your forms will be more accessible, mobile responsive on the latest devices, with guaranteed standards of security and privacy built in — so you can maximise your efficiencies and minimise your risk.

FormBuilder.govt — Helping government agencies develop online forms quickly and efficiently

Benefits

  • Free — no procurement required.
  • Secure — system security certified.
  • Compliant with the Privacy Act
  • FormBuilder.govt has the capacity to support small, medium and large agencies and councils.

FormBuilder.govt accessibility

Forms generated by FormBuilder.govt have a high degree of accessibility and aim to conform with WCAG 2.2 Level AA. The remaining issues identified by an expert assessment are listed on the Business Connect website — we intend to fix these in the to financial year.

Accessibility statement — Business Connect

Lead Agency

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE)

Status

Operational

Adopting the service

Your organisation must be delivering a business-facing government or council service to qualify for use of this product — this means NZ businesses are likely to interact with your service.

Email hello@businessconnect.govt.nz for more information about this product.

Lead Agency Agreement summary

  • Managed Service
  • All of Government

Lead Agency Agreement details

Agencies and councils publishing services using FormBuilder.govt and Business Connect will be required to sign End User Terms and set a data retention period.

Documents and resources — Business Connect

Utility links and page information

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