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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many companies were invited to tender for the introduction of the Joint Personnel Administration system; on what basis the winner was chosen; how much weight was given to their previous record; what the original estimate was of the (a) cost and (b) expected in-service delivery date; what the current estimate is of each; and if he will make a statement. [197775] Mr. Caplin: The Joint Personnel Administration (JPA) system is being introduced through an amendment to the service personnel administration contract won competitively by EDS Defence in 1997 that expires in 2009, when it will be re- competed. The decision to introduce JPA via an amendment to the existing contract with EDS was made in February 2004 and took account of EDS's satisfactory performance to date on service personnel administration. The amended contract was subject to EDS completing £15 million of risk reduction work and to a satisfactory commercial agreement. The estimated cost for EDS for build and transition to JPA was £122 million (from contract amendment onwards) with a full in-service date of April 2007. The current estimate is that EDS costs for JPA build and transition will be around £112 million, with a full in- service date of November 2006. This cost to bring in JPA is in addition to the ongoing cost of providing personnel administration services.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

197775; 426 c1832W;426 c1836W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Databases Costs Contracts for services ICT Staff Ministry of Defence

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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