Transparency data
BIS exceptions to spending controls: information and communications technology (ICT) - July to September 2015
Updated 27 January 2016
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| Department | Organisation Name | Project name | Basis for expenditure approval | Total Value requested (£) | Total Value Approved (£) | Date of approval |
| BIS | Student Loans Company | Project Azera (Upgrade to CLASS system) | Three phases of work have been identified to address the current issues through migration to a modernised technology stack, database and application architecture. Each phase provides incremental benefit and only at the end of Phase 3, will CLASS run on architecture that is fully supported and secure and with the flexibility stated in the original transformation business case. | 8,840,000 | 8,840,000 | 01/07/2015 |
| BIS | Not set | Principia Campaigns Website | Website to promote education activities in support of Tim Peake, first British European Space Agency astronaut to visit the International Space Station | 26,471 | 26,471 | 07/07/2015 |
| BIS | Not set | Continuation of hosted SAP HR/Payroll Service | Request for continuation of hosted SAP HR/Payroll Service pending migration of broader transactional HR, Finance and Procurement services to a Shared Service Centre. is seeking approval to extend the life of the current agreement with CGI for HR systems provision under the Crown Commercial Services (CCS) Framework RM887. | 2,052,000 | 2,052,000 | 15/07/2015 |
| BIS | Skills Funding Agency | Data Collections and Shared Service | Approval is now being sought to continue the development of the platform and the incorporation of further data collections within it. | 2,750,000 | 2,750,000 | 21/07/2015 |
| BIS | Skills Funding Agency | Supply Chain Transformation Tranche 1 . End User Computing Cost uplift | Uplift in relation to Supply Chain Transformation Tranche 1 . | 206,000 | 206,000 | 21/07/2015 |
| BIS | Not set | Replacement Mobile Contract | Replacement mobile contract is for BIS and Partner Organisations as driven by the BIS ICT Strategy. | 4,200,000 | 4,200,000 | 27/07/2015 |
| BIS | Not set | Enterprise Europe Networks digital service | Enterprise Europe Network has a digital service that Innovate UK inherited from its partners. It is exempt from GOV.UK. The department is seeking approval for Discovery to understand the user requirement for the digital service and design a suitable solution. | 67,000 | 67,000 | 11/08/2015 |
| BIS | Land Registry | Central Network Infrastructure Refresh | Land Registry are requesting approval to invest in the segregation and refresh of the data centre network infrastructure. This solution will be implemented by LR's in-house Information Systems group. | 1,423,000 | 1,423,000 | 26/08/2015 |
| BIS | Land Registry | Digital Charge Service - Build to Public Beta | Dept is seeking seeking approval to proceed to build and launch the Public Beta for the Digital Charge Service by April 2016. The Digital Charge service will allow conveyancers and lenders to create a mortgage application online and borrowers to apply a digital signature. Once the mortgage has been signed the conveyancer/lender will submit the application to Land Registry. | 2,360,000 | 2,360,000 | 26/08/2015 |
| BIS | Skills Funding Agency | Provider Digital Service Platform ESF Skills Funding Beta | This spend request is part of the Skills Funding Agency's Digital Services Programme. Dept. would like to commence the beta in August to maintain momentum. The Programme sets out the need to create and then evolve the Provider Digital Service. It will simplify and improve the contracting user experience with significantly enhanced design to the user interface. | 1,330,000 | 1,330,000 | 28/08/2015 |
| BIS | Skills Funding Agency | Employer Posting | Beta phase of the Provider Posting of apprenticeship vacancies on behalf of employers | 850,000 | 850,000 | 28/08/2015 |
| BIS | Companies House | Enablement of digital filing of Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) Accounts | Dept has a requirement to allow customers to digitally file Audit exempt, small company Abbreviated and Dormant accounts for Limited Liability Partnerships (LLP). The immediate objective is to carry out the discovery and alpha phases of the further development of the CHS API, to allow the filing of LLP accounts from both 3rd party software, and a web service exposed on CHS. | 500,000 | 500,000 | 08/09/2015 |
| BIS | Skills Funding Agency | Find my qualifications service | A Citizen Digital Service discovery and alpha phase has been undertaken to begin the journey of transforming the National Careers Website into a digital by default service. The alpha outcomes have been reviewed jointly with BIS and GDS and three key strands of work have been prioritised: The first is: A discovery and alpha for a Find my qualifications service | 281,000 | 281,000 | 14/09/2015 |
| BIS | Skills Funding Agency | Citizen Digital Service - Job Profile | A Citizen Digital Service discovery and alpha phase has been completed to begin the journey of transforming the National Careers Service (NCS) Website into a digital by default, cost saving enterprise. The alpha outcomes have been reviewed jointly with BIS and GDS and three key strands of work have been prioritised: This case is - Job profiles data platform | 1,021,000 | 1,021,000 | 14/09/2015 |
| BIS | Innovate UK | Innovation Funding Service alpha extension | Dept is seeking approval for an additional 4 weeks over the original Alpha Extension request. Dept has identified a number of areas that required further exploration to ensure they have a full understanding of the service. This request is expected to take them to the Alpha Assessment date so they can seek further assurance that the target architectural approach is correct for the service. | 73,000 | 73,000 | 29/09/2015 |
| BIS | CCFE | Telephone system - Stage 1 FBC | Not set | £978,000 | £978,000 | 08/09/2015 |
| BIS | Innovate UK | Implementation of CRM for Innovate UK and Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) | Not set | £268,000 | £268,000 | 28/08/2015 |
| BIS | MRC | Infrastructure upgrade and refresh | Not set | £258,000 | £258,000 | 25/08/2015 |
| BIS | MRC | Objective Licence Renewal | Not set | £205,000 | £205,000 | 25/08/2015 |
| BIS | MRC | Server Refresh | Not set | £213,000 | £213,000 | 25/08/2015 |
| BIS | Skills Funding Agency | Telephony Services (SFA Only) | SFA needs to replace its Telephony Services which provide essential communication services to enable staff to carry out their day to day activities from a number of office locations. SFA undertook a review of its office locations and ICT services which it provides to its core & non-core offices. The exact number of offices and types of ICT Service will be confirmed prior to contract award. Procurement will be undertaken to ensure flexibility in terms of service configuration and it will be made clear to potential bidders that volumes are subject to change as a result of the review. Procurement will be undertaken using the Government Digital Marketplace; this allows the SFA to contract for two years with the option to terminate earlier. Current Telephony Services contract was procured in 2011 for a 4 year term and expires at the end of December 2015. The contract therefore needs to be re-procured to ensure business continuity from December 2015 onwards. | £990,000 | £990,000 | 22/09/2015 |
| BIS | Skills Funding Agency | UKRLP UK Register of Learning Providers Re-procurement of Provider Register Services | The current UK Provider Register used by SFA is a fully managed service provided by a 3rd party & their contract expires 30Nov15. We are unable to extend further. SFA intend to procure a ‘like-for-like’ service and activity needed to start end Aug15 to allow sufficient time to re-contract and provide business continuity for this service, which is consumed by many stakeholders. As part of a strategic solution SFA will work with GDS and converge to a suitable government platform asap & bring elements such as support for the service in-house within the SFA and, using Government as a platform, it can be used across government. SFA already own the data within UKRLP and the APIs that are used to connect stakeholders to that data. Bid was for £733,770 (Ex VAT) for Running costs 15/16, 16/17, 17/18 and Transition/ migration costs | £733,764 | £733,764 | 25/08/2015 |