Transparency data

BIS exceptions to spending controls: ICT - January to March 2013

Updated 6 June 2013
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Department Organisation Name Project name Basis for expenditure approval Total Value requested (£M) Total Value Approved (£M) Date of update
BIS BIS SPIRE X Renewal of application support and hosting for UK export licensing system, worth £10bn pa to UK economy. $6.419 $6.419 4/18/2013
BIS BIS core The Innovation Space Resources To enable The Innovation Space to continue to operate and build capabillity for open policy making (ie Civil Service Reform). This option provides the best vfm for the department as well as retaining valuable expertise and knowledge $0.602 $0.602 4/18/2013
BIS Better Regulation Delivery Office Primary Authority Register To avoid impact to citizen / business facing services in line with Government priorities. To develop the new register in line with the Government ICT Strategy, to meet the requirements of the ERR Bill when it comes into force. To enable the Local Authorities to meet their legal obligations set out in the ERR Bill To ensure the register, used by organisations involved in regulatory activities, is a robust and reliable service. $0.995 $0.995 4/18/2013
BIS Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (ESPRC) ARCHER facility To provide the support services to the ARCHER national academic supercomputer facility; namely software and user support and hardware services support. $21.300 $21.300 4/18/2013
BIS RCUK IT Hardware solutions Not set $13.200 $13.200 4/18/2013
BIS RCUK Support for Oracle (SUN) Hardware Not set $0.561 $0.561 4/18/2013
BIS RCUK Web Platform and BIS Intranet Meet the strategic business requirements of the nine partners involved, whilst offering value for money and delivering efficiency savings through: Creating a common open source CMS infrastructure and support model for BIS partners Compliance with government digital strategy through: Designing content and services around identifiable user needs Facilitating a simplified, consistent and coherent user experience $1.196 $1.196 4/18/2013
BIS Skills Funding Agency 24+ Loans Data Exchange To avoid impact to citizen / business facing services in line with Government priorities. To enable the Skills Funding Agency to exchange data with the Student Loans Company (SLC) and provide key management information for management of the 24+ Advanced Learning Loans budget. $0.863 $0.863 4/18/2013
BIS Skills Funding Agency BlackBerry Service Migration To achieve value for money. To transition from the existing Blackberry Enterprise Server to a fully managed service. $0.521 $0.521 4/18/2013
BIS Skills Funding Agency Cloud Transformation and Service Transition Programme - Definition Phase To avoid impact to citizen / business facing services in line with Government priorities. To define the programme that will transition the current ICT services to a new supply chain, in line with the Government ICT Strategy, when the current service contracts expire. $0.420 $0.420 4/18/2013
BIS Skills Funding Agency IM Portal Stabilisation Project To avoid impact to citizen / business facing services in line with Government priorities. To ensure the IM Portal, used by the Education Funding Agency to exchange documents with Academies and Schools, is a robust and reliable service. $0.703 $0.703 4/18/2013
BIS Skills Funding Agency NAS Strategic Programme – Definition phase To avoid impact to citizen / business facing services in line with Government priorities. To define the change programme for the National Apprenticeship Service required to respond to recent external reviews of the service. $0.600 $0.600 4/18/2013
BIS Science and Technology Facilities Council Telephone Refurbishment and Maintenance Procurement Value for money, good savings generated - allows a controlled migration $0.707 $0.707 4/18/2013