Transparency data
BIS: exceptions to spending controls for January to March 2015 (ICT)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIS | ACAS | Applications provision | Not set | £960,000 | £960,000 | 24/02/2015 |
| BIS | BIS ED | Growth Vouchers Online Application Process and Back-office IT System Live Changes | This proposal seeks retrospective approval for funding changes to an existing IT system, built and maintained for the Growth Vouchers programme by a G Cloud III Framework supplier and hosted externally. This system provides the programme with an internet based IT solution that has; - multi user access; - Different levels of user access for delivery partners and officials - IL2 level security - t | £90,000 | £90,000 | 25/03/2015 |
| BIS | BIS ITD | eCase | N/A | £251,000 | £251,000 | 25/03/2015 |
| BIS | UK Atomic Energy Authority | Telephone system | Not set | £266,000 | £266,000 | 25/03/2015 |
| BIS | UK Atomic Energy Authority | MFD contract extension | Not set | £302,000 | £302,000 | 25/03/2015 |
| BIS | UK Atomic Energy Authority | UKAEA SAP Replacement Project | The UKAEA obtains a SAP service from CSC that must end in April 2016. SAP R3 v4.70 is no longer supported and the database is shared with other former-UKAEA organisations. Approval to go to market was received under HMG 1631: BIS UKAEA ERP system on 6th October 2014 as it was not possible to transition to UK SBS in an appropriate timeframe. | £1,996,000 | £1,996,000 | 18/03/2015 |
| BIS | Intellectual Property Office | Apply for a design beta | The development of a new on-line service for Designs will enable a customer to submit information on-line, validated by a set of business rules to reduce the current error rate in applications. The information submitted by the customer will then be integrated into a new back office solution enabling staff to manage the case from application through to registration of the Design right. | £789,000 | £789,000 | 17/03/2015 |
| BIS | Intellectual Property Office | Apply for a patent alpha | The IPO is embarking on its TRIPOD portfolio with the aim of transforming the way the IPO functions. It will provide our customers with new, improved and accessible services. | £687,000 | £687,000 | 17/03/2015 |
| BIS | Land Registry | Network switches | Not set | £1,800,000 | £1,800,000 | 17/03/2015 |
| BIS | Land Registry | Microsoft Agreement | A new 3-year price-protected PSN12 Subscription & Select agreement will be both commercially advantageous and importantly, will offer the necessary flexibility required during business transformation. | £1,926,000 | £1,926,000 | 17/03/2015 |
| BIS | Met Office | Weather Observation Website | The intention is to replace WOW with a data collection platform (the WOW Engine), a flexible data store which is accessed via a set of standards based API interfaces for both ingesting and extracting data. | £877,000 | £877,000 | 17/03/2015 |
| BIS | Skills Funding Agency | Supply Chain Transformation tranche 3 Lot 8 | SCT was mobilised to procure ICT services ahead of the expiry of existing contracts. It has 3 Tranches delivering ICT services through a multi-vendor model, providing opportunities for SME suppliers, to align with Cabinet Office ICT strategy. Approval is sought for two remaining procurement lots for contracts in Tranche 3 along with the associated exit costs. The request is for lift and shift of Corporate and Business services from the existing hosting arrangements. | £6,880,000 | £6,880,000 | 17/03/2015 |
| BIS | Skills Funding Agency | Employer Posting project Discovery and Alpha phases | This is a follow on project from the apprenticeships exemplar project and has a strategic objective to increase the volume of employers recruiting apprentices by enabling them to post their own vacancies on-line, using the new apprenticeship standards and a simple and efficient system that is digital by default | £715,856 | £715,856 | 26/03/2015 |
| BIS | Student Loans Company | AY 15/16 HE Part time programme | Not set | £877,000 | £877,000 | 13/01/2015 |
| BIS | Student Loans Company | Repayment Terms Changes Phase 3 Project | Not set | £2,470,000 | £2,470,000 | 06/02/2015 |
| BIS | Student Loans Company | Information Security Programme | Existing security provisions in SLC are not adequate, resulting in an unacceptable risk level to the Organisation. A number of activities have commenced that require; adequate resource allocation to address in a timely manner and a clear roadmap to ensure the highest priority activities are delivered first. This case recommends the alignment of the existing activity into one case. | £19,524,000 | £19,524,000 | 16/03/2015 |
| BIS | Skills Funding Agency | Funding & Contracting Transformation Public Beta Phase | The FCT programme covers the work of moving the Skills Funding Agency to new services and systems for funding and contracting to replace the existing legacy systems. This will create a public facing mission critical system that is fit for purpose and in line with the Government Digital Strategy. Approval requested for Public Beta phase. | £3,042,000 | £3,042,000 | 20/01/2015 |
| BIS | Skills Funding Agency | Employer Routed Funding Discovery Phase | To complete a Discovery phase specifically focused on employer needs for a digital service to support employer routed funding, part of the apprenticeships reform. The service will deliver the voucher mechanism for funding apprenticeships announced in the March 2015 Budget. | £24,000 | £24,000 | 27/01/2015 |
| BIS | Skills Funding Agency | National Careers Service Data Platform | The data platform is a key infrastructure to support the sharing of customer data across the service providers to enable an integrated user journey across multiple channels (including digital) and multiple service providers. Approval was granted for FY2014-15 with a request to return for further approvals for subsequent years. This was the FY 2015-16 approval request | £4,374,000 | £4,374,000 | 16/03/2015 |
| BIS | N/A | GREAT Business Support tool | This is for maintenance of the tool from 1st April. As of 17th April we are expecting the tool to be on GOV.Uk as a beta. So the majority of this cost is for while the tool is on as a beta on GOV.UK. | £39,600 | £39,600 | 27/03/2015 |
| BIS | UK Space Agency | Website to promote education activities in support of Tim Peake | This request, in combination with considerable growing media interest, requires us to create a single web portal for Tim's mission. This will ensure we can maximise the public impact of the mission. | £15,000 | £15,000 | 09/03/2015 |
| BIS | N/A | Queen's Awards for Enterprise - system replacement and transition to digital by default | The Awards are administered by the Queen's Awards Office (QAO) within BIS. The QAO currently use a transactional work flow system developed and hosted by Eduserv. This enables applicants and nominators to submit applications and nominations online and enables the QAO to manage the administration of the end to end process through assessment, short listing and award. | £170,960 | £170,960 | 02/02/2015 |
| BIS | HM Land Registry | Oracle CRM Cloud Solution | The Oracle CRM Cloud Solution (Oracle 'RightNow') went live December 2012 following a competitive procurement process. The contract was for three years and expires December 2015. The solution has been very successful and there are currently 3,700 internal users. | £1,355,733 | £1,355,733 | 10/03/2015 |
| BIS | HM Land Registry | IBM Software Agreement (ESSO) | The IBM software license element of this technology stack are covered by a software agreement with IBM. The current software agreement comes to an end in March 2015. | £13,400,000 | £12,190,231 | 17/03/2015 |