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DWP's exceptions to spending controls: information communications technology: January to March 2015

Updated 17 July 2015
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Department Organisation Name Project name Basis for expenditure approval Total Value requested (£) Total Value Approved (£) Date of approval
DWP Not set TPR IT Transformation - Private Cloud Project TPR is seeking approval to replace its self owned and managed TPR data centre compute and data storage capabilities which are currently located at Napier House with an Infrastructure as a Service ('IAAS') cloud based solution procured via the GCloud framework. £3,060,000 £3,060,000 13/01/2015
DWP Not set Customer Information System - Remediation (CIS-R) Project - Phases 3 & 4 Early Design activity This request is to undertake the discovery activities for phases 3 and 4 of discovery work £363,000 £363,000 15/01/2015
DWP Not set State Pension Top up (Class 3A) This is for the development/delivery phase of the HMRC non-digital IT elements. The amount was reduced following discussions with Cabinet Office. £2,500,000 £1,675,381 19/01/2015
DWP Not set The Personal Independence Payment Assessment Tool (PIPAT) Release 3 This is to put in place a number of contracts to enable the current delivery of PIPAT Release 3 Core enhancements and Off-line tool integration to progress through to design, and commence work on the User Front End and Medical Assessment Portal Services (MAPS) Portal. £1,402,047 £1,402,047 22/01/2015
DWP Not set DWP (HMRC) - NI & State Pension digital service DWP and HMRC wish to create an online service for the public to view their National Insurance Contributions (DWP) and State Pension (HMRC) simultaneously. £540,000 £540,000 26/01/2015
DWP Not set Personal Independent Payment (PIP) Implementation Programme - Digital Service Project This request is for the alpha and beta phases. The digital project is looking to combine telephone applications and written applications and evidence provision into a single on-line application service. A partial approval was given waiting for the Programme passing a GDS assessment. £2,287,000 £200,000 27/01/2015
DWP Not set NSP - Legacy This request is to enable the project to engage with suppliers in the Develop and Test activities phase required to support delivery of nSP for April 2016. £12,900,000 £12,900,000 28/01/2015
DWP Not set Personal Independence Payment Computer System (PIPCS) Project Phase 4 This request is for the continued development of the PIPCS £5,900,000 £5,900,000 30/01/2015
DWP Not set ITTP Hosting Strand - Transactional Bulk Print Re-Procurement This request is to disaggregate the print service from the wider SSBA hosting contract in line with Cabinet Office directives £33,080,000 £33,080,000 13/02/2015
DWP Not set Enhancing Jobseeker Services Project: Claimant Messaging & Information Service This request is for the alpha phase of development work. The project aims to support claimants preparing for Universal Credit and a greater self-service environment £114,500 £102,500 27/02/2015
DWP Not set ITTP SIAM toolset DWP's critical IT services are supported by a small number of contracts which provide most of the IT infrastructure needed to support business services and deliver change. This request is for a new service £5,470,000 £5,470,000 23/02/2015
DWP Not set DWP Secure Digital Change of Address Service Project This request is for the beta phase to deliver Gov.UK Verify (IDA) integration £1,470,000 £1,470,000 04/03/2015
DWP Not set Tell Us Once - Extension for Transition TUO enables citizens to report birth and death information across Government/ Local Authorities. Citizens can access the service across three channels (Online, Telephony and Face to Face). The service handles over 30,000 monthly death registrations resulting in over 125,000 notifications. £3,397,000 £3,397,000 09/03/2015
DWP Not set CMS 2012 System Release 25 (delta of costs) This request was for a one year contract extension. The focus of this release is on system stabilisation and also includes some essential business change. £1,367,000 £1,367,000 09/03/2015
DWP Not set DWP Hosting - Extension for Transition This request is for the extension of the current hosting contract whilst the department re-examines the most technically and economically advantageous approaches for new hosting arrangements £493,000,000 £493,000,000 17/02/2015
DWP Not set Retirement of CMG Legacy Systems This request is for the analysis and design phase to enable CMG to close cases held on the legacy system £800,000 £800,000 09/03/2015
DWP Not set Access to Work and Disability Confident Digital Services During the Discovery, the team will identify who the users are for both the Access to Work (AtW) and Disability Confident (DC) services, how to engage with them and ensure their user needs are met. The team will commence early and regular engagement with users (such as disabled citizens and employers) during Discovery and throughout the Alpha phase to help define and validate the user needs. £300,000 £300,000 17/03/2015
DWP Pensions Regulator TPR Case Management and Document Management (CM/DM) programme: Release 2 TPR needs to replace the existing Document Management platform with a new capability that will support the volume, activity and broader functional & security requirements for the next five years. £2,886,000 £2,886,000 23/03/2015
DWP Not set IES re-hosting Project This request is for the safe migration and stabilisation of the Information Exploitation and Security (IES) Data Warehouse to a new secure environment. £4,500,000 £4,224,449 24/03/2015
DWP Not set New State Pension (nSP) - development of the HMRC Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP) Micro Service The New State Pension Project will implement the provisions of the Pensions Act 2014 to deliver reforms to State Pension for those reaching State Pension age from 6 April 2016. £530,000 £280,000 23/03/2015
DWP Not set CMS 2012 System - 2012 System Management Information Proof of Concept support This request is to improve the reporting capability of Ops MI £343,000 £343,000 09/03/2015
DWP Not set PIP Secure Communications Project The Secure Communications Project is developing common infrastructure to enable the Department to transact with citizens and third parties digitally. Gov.UK Verify provides a gateway for citizens to transact with Government services but does not include a solution for third parties £176,000 £176,000 02/02/2015
DWP Not set PIP Assessment Tool (PIPAT) Release 3 The PIP IT Solution to the enhancements are required in order to fully realise the savings and support increased productivity by Assessment Providers to enable management of the volumes expected as part of managed reassessment. £7,550,843 £7,550,843 16/03/2015
Not set Not set Universal Credit Application Maintenance Service uplift for Universal Credit Core (National Expansion) £231,623 £231,623 25/03/2015
Not set Not set Universal Credit Universal Credit Live Service AMS Service Improvements £150,593 £150,593 25/03/2015
Not set Not set Universal Credit Universal Credit Live Service AMS Service Improvements £228,313 £228,313 25/03/2015
Not set Not set Universal Credit Application Maintenance uplift for Universal Credit - Release 9a £171,765 £171,765 25/03/2015
Not set Not set Universal Credit Application Maintenance (AM) uplift for Universal Credit Live Service – Accenture Release 9a £154,260 £154,260 25/03/2015
Not set Not set Universal Credit Universal Credit - Natural Language Call Steering (NLCS) support costs £414,520 £414,520 23/03/2015
Not set Not set Universal Credit Universal Credit (UC) BT Test Environment Provision Test Environment Provision £109,366 £109,366 23/03/2015
Not set Not set Universal Credit Universal Credit – Core System Application Support Uplift £638,570 £638,570 23/03/2015
Not set Not set Universal Credit CTO Security Services : Universal Credit – Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Protection Solution for Live Service £1,139,757 £1,139,757 16/03/2015
Not set Not set Universal Credit Universal Credit_work Services Platform (WSP) Application Maintenance and Support (AMS) Uplift £534,791 £534,791 09/03/2015
Not set Not set Universal Credit Universal Credit Digital Service (UCDS) – Cloud Hosting Server and infrastructure £994,966 £994,966 09/03/2015
Not set Not set Universal Credit Delivery of Design, Build, Test and Delivery work – Provision of two additional postcode filters in JSA OL for Universal Credit UC/2015077 £115,596 £115,596 09/03/2015
Not set Not set Universal Credit Universal Credit Accenture Release 10 High Level & Detailed Design £1,051,787 £1,051,787 02/03/2015
Not set Not set Universal Credit Universal Credit (UC) Work Services Platform (WSP) Release 9 – Additional Application Development £380,574 £380,574 02/03/2015
Not set Not set Universal Credit Universal Credit Digital Service (UCDS) – Components for Increased infrastructure and Security Resilience and Capacity £680,000 £680,000 23/02/2015
Not set Not set Universal Credit Universal Credit Live Service – IBM Release 10 High Level and Detailed Design £639,597 £639,597 23/02/2015
Not set Not set Universal Credit Universal Credit Live Service – Release 10 Support for High Level and Detailed Design £311,716 £311,716 23/02/2015
Not set Not set Universal Credit CAMlite rel 15.2 Development and Test £374,749 £374,749 17/02/2015
Not set Not set Universal Credit Universal Credit Software Licenses enabling the UC Test Team to test and assure end to end business scenarios through mulitple test time periods £180,480 £180,480 17/02/2015
Not set Not set Universal Credit Universal Credit Live Service – IBM Release 9b Completion of System Test £1,051,008 £1,051,008 09/02/2015
Not set Not set Universal Credit Universal Credit Live Service – Accenture Release 9b Test and Implementation £1,668,903 £1,668,903 09/02/2015
Not set Not set Universal Credit HPES Universal Credit National Expansion £710,332 £710,332 26/01/2015
Not set Not set Universal Credit Universal Credit – Modification of Telephony for Basildon Benefit Centre £115,238 £115,238 26/01/2015
Not set Not set Universal Credit Digital Jobcentres (DJ) – Replacement of drives for Web Access Devices £792,659 £792,659 26/01/2015
Not set Not set Universal Credit Universal Credit Live Service – Accenture Release 9b Build continuation £561,705 £561,705 19/01/2015
Not set Not set Universal Credit Universal Credit Live Service – Accenture Release 9a Build, Test & Implementation. £303,437 £303,437 19/01/2015
Not set Not set Universal Credit Universal Credit Live Service – IBM Release 9a Completion of System Test £608,819 £608,819 19/01/2015