FOI2020-02914 ERP solutions
Published 23 March 2020
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Dear
I am writing in response to your email dated 18 February 2020 requesting the following information,
Are you running an Oracle or SAP ERP solution? If so, what version are they currently running on and which modules are you using? Are you planning to upgrade in the next 12-18 months? Do you have plans to move to a SAAS model? Do you have plans to migrate our current ERP to a cloud Solution? Do you run Oracle Databases? If so what versions, are you planning an upgrade in the next 12 – 18 months? Do you own perpetual Oracle Licences, do you Pay Oracle directly or through a shared service or other framework? Do you own Perpetual SAP Licences, do you Pay SAP directly or through a shared service or other framework? What is the value of the SAP Support contract and when does it renew? What is the value of the Oracle support contract and when does it renew? Who is commercially responsible for looking after the contract for the Oracle and/or SAP renewals? Do you currently work with any SAP or Oracle third party support providers?
I am treating your correspondence as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
In response to your queries, I have completed a search for the information within the Defence Electronics & Components Agency (DECA), and I can confirm that we do hold some information in scope of your request.
Some of the information is withheld under Section 31(1) the prevention or detection of crime. Release of this information could highlight strengths and weaknesses in our IT systems which in turn could make us more vulnerable to crime
Are you running an Oracle or SAP ERP solution?
No
If so, what version are they currently running on and which modules are you using?
N/A
Are you planning to upgrade in the next 12-18 months?
We are looking at several options
Do you have plans to move to a SAAS model?
Unknown
Do you have plans to migrate our current ERP to a cloud Solution?
No
Do you run Oracle Databases?
Our current ERP system has an Oracle database
If so what versions, are you planning an upgrade in the next 12 – 18 months?
Exempt under S31(1)
Do you own perpetual Oracle Licences, do you Pay Oracle directly or through a shared service or other framework?
Yes owned
Do you own Perpetual SAP Licences, do you Pay SAP directly or through a shared service or other framework?
No
What is the value of the SAP Support contract and when does it renew?
N/A
What is the value of the Oracle support contract and when does it renew?
N/A
Who is commercially responsible for looking after the contract for the Oracle and/or SAP renewals?
DECA Procurement Department
Do you currently work with any SAP or Oracle third party support providers?
No
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