Transparency data
BIS exceptions to spending controls: information and communications technology (ICT) - October to December 2014
Updated 6 March 2015
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| Department | Organisation Name | Project name | Basis for expenditure approval | Total Value requested (£M) | Total Value Approved (£M) | Date of approval |
| BIS | BIS core | EPM phase II | To develop a centralised management information (MI) system, which will pull together multiple data sources into one accessible location and deliver much improved analytical tools, which will provide efficiency gains from improved data handling, plus improved management decision-making and strategic insight. | 0.88 | £0.88 | 20/11/2014 |
| BIS | HM Land Registry | LR External Security and Authentication Refresh | LR is seeking approval to make investment into safeguarding this essential function for the next 3 years. This includes a refresh of aging and failing hardware, and a renewal for a contract with IBM for the software. The IBM software agreement covers the maintenance and support of the solution which provides identity assurance, access management, and electronic signatures, service. This is used by 150,000 professional users to lodge legal documents with LR. | 1.09 | £1.09 | 02/12/2014 |
| BIS | Innovate UK | Innovate UK: Improving Our Online Processes (Alpha) | Request to run a discovery and alpha for improving their Collaborative Research & Development application procedure. | 0.25 | £0.25 | 12/11/2014 |
| BIS | Innovate UK | IT device refresh | Not set | 0.38 | £0.38 | 20/11/2014 |
| BIS | Insolvency | Redundancy Payments Service (Digital Exemplar Project) | The aim of the RPS Exemplar Project is to develop and launch a digital RPS on or before March 2015. A two part digital service will replace the current paper forms for more than 100,000 claimants for redundancy pay. One service went into Public Beta in January 2015 and 50% of claimants are voluntarily opting to submit their claims digitally. The plan is to move the second service into Public Beta in early March 2015. | 2.88 | £2.88 | 03/11/2014 |
| BIS | NERC | Renewal of the Contract for Oracle (SUN) Hardware Support | Not set | 0.66 | £0.66 | 20/11/2014 |
| BIS | Skills Funding Agency | Employer Routed Funding (ERF) | To complete a discovery stage specifically focused on the employer digital journey of the service needed to support employer routed funding, part of apprenticeship reform. | 0.24 | £0.24 | 22/12/2014 |
| BIS | Skills Funding Agency | Data Collections and Shared Service | DCSS Business Case outlined a number of additional collections which would utilise the DCSS platform, these were to be delivered alongside the annual policy implementation for the ILR collection and funding is required to enable delivery of these changes. | 3.91 | £3.91 | 24/11/2014 |
| BIS | Student Loans Company | 24+ Advanced Learning Loan Year 2 | Launching the 24+ Advanced Learning Loans service for learners commencing studies in AY 15/16 | 1.28 | £0.45 | 12/12/2014 |
| BIS | Student Loans Company | 24+ Advanced Learning Loan Year 2 : Additional funding | Additional funding to complete the project | 0.18 | £0.18 | 10/10/2014 |
| BIS | UK Atomic Energy Authority | UK Atomic Energy Authority : Replacement ERP system | A replacement ERP systems for finance and HR for the UK AEA that meets the European Commission's requirements for auditing complex research projects. | 1.84 | £1.84 | 08/10/2014 |
| BIS | UK SBS | JeS upgrade FBC | Upgrading the Je-S servers’ operating systems from Windows 2003 to Windows 2012. This is due to Windows 2003 no longer being supported by Microsoft post July 2015. In parallel with this activity, the project will migrate infrastructure services for Je-S from UK SBS to external provider Eduserv. | 0.36 | £0.36 | 23/10/2014 |
| BIS | UK SBS/BIS | Oracle 12.0.6 Upgrade | Oracle extended support for v12.0.6 of Oracle E-Business Suite ended in January 2015 (a contract is in place with Support Revolution to provide patching and P1 support). This project will upgrade to Oracle 12.1.3 to secure ongoing Oracle support, enhance disaster recovery and enable the transfer of services to SSCL. | 6.12 | £6.12 | 25/11/2014 |
| BIS | Not set | Queen's Awards for Enterprise - system replacement and transition to digital by default | The design and build of a new registration/nomination system for the Queen's Award for Enterprise | 0.1 | £0.10 | 06/10/2014 |
| BIS | Not set | Replacement Mobile Contract Ref No: IT140052 | This replacement mobile contract is for BIS and it's Partner Organisations and the replacement contract is driven by the BIS ICT Strategy which sets out the direction of travel for all of the BIS ICT approach. BIS will increasingly rely on mobile communications for the efficient management of its business. However, BIS have many different partners with different individual objectives so the challenge will be to deliver the mobile strategic aims and principles so that BIS is fully aligned. | 2.3 | £2.30 | 17/11/2014 |
| BIS | Not set | Common Data Sharing System (CDSS) | The delivered CDSS will bring together data from existing CRM systems into one place (a read-only database) so scheme advisors can see a customer's 'history of engagement' across the schemes. The initial phase of the application was approved. | 2.37 | £1.33 | 12/12/2014 |
| BIS | Not set | Queen's Awards for Enterprise - system replacement and transition to digital by default | BIS are seeking approval for the design and build of a new registration/nomination system for the Queen's Award for Enterprise and have selected SME BitZesty, who will reuse code from previous QAVS work. | 0.97 | £0.97 | 06/10/2014 |