The Provision of Electronic Human Resource and Related ICT Services for the Northern Ireland Civil Service (e-HR programme)

Contracts

• The Provision of Electronic Human Resource and Related ICT Services for the Northern Ireland Civil Service (e-HR programme) · Fujitsu Services Ltd

  Signed

  29 Mar 2006

  Value

  £302,600,000

  Status

  active

  • Change The eHR Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA) is a fully managed contract for the provision of payroll & HR systems and services. The system has been heavily customised over the last 15 years to align to its users wide range of HR policies and procedures. The SPA is an end to end HR and Payroll solution including the provision and management of hardware/software and services. The modification will extend the SPA from 29 March 2021 for a period of 4 years with 2 further annual options to extend. The original contract notice 2003/S 186-168054 showed the contract term as 10 years support from the point of the implementation of the services, with an option to extend the contract for a further 5 years. The contract notice stated that this period was subject to negotiation during the procurement phase. During the negotiation phase, it was agreed that the contract period would be 15 years (as opposed to 10 years with an option to extend for a further 5 years), however the contract award didn’t reflect the additional time for the implementation of services which had been intended in the original contract notice. The full implementation for all services under the e-HR contract took almost 4 years which is the initial period for this extension. The additional 2 annual options to extend will provide contingency for any delays during the procurement phase or implementation period for the replacement contract. The value of the 4 year extension is estimated at £58.2m. The accumulative value of the 5 years extension is estimated at £72.8m and the accumulative value of the 6 years extension is estimated at £86.8m., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: The eHR Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA) is a fully managed contract for the provision of payroll & HR systems and services. It has become necessary to maintain the current system and services beyond the contract's expiry date (i.e 29 March 2021). As such DoF has modified the contract with effect from 29 March 2021 in accordance with Regulation 72(1)(b) for the following reasons: i) the existing Contractor provides a fully managed service for a broad and complex range of payroll, HR and related ICT services (including, without limitation, on-going management, operation and maintenance support), underpinned by computer hardware, software and associated products; ii) the Oracle solution has been heavily customised to align with the NICS HR policies and procedures and the current contractor has acquired the necessary intellectual property and know how to maintain and develop the system; iii) a change of contractor for this critical managed service, for a relatively short period of time, during which replacement contract(s) will be procured and implemented, would introduce an unacceptable risk of system failure and will cause substantial duplication of costs and significant inconvenience to the contracting authority and a potential disruption to public services

Dispute resolution & review bodies

• NI Courts and Tribunal ServiceReview body Belfast