Published date: 15 November 2024

Last edited date: 15 November 2024

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 1 October 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Industry specific software package - 48100000

  • Transaction-processing software package - 48217000

  • Administration software package - 48219300

    • Financial analysis software package - 48441000

    • Financial systems software package - 48442000

    • Time accounting or human resources software package - 48450000

    • Procurement software package - 48490000

    • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

    • Payroll management services - 79211110

    • Sales and purchases recording services - 79211120

    • Personnel and payroll services - 79631000

Location of contract

SW1A2BQ

Value of contract

£105,709,707 to £120,039,159

Procurement reference

CW97234

Published date

15 November 2024

Closing date

1 October 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 November 2024

Contract end date

31 October 2029

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)

Anyone may ask to participate, but only those who are pre-selected will be invited to submit initial tenders and to negotiate.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

In March 2021, Government Business Services launched the 'Shared Services Strategy for Government (SSfG): 2022 and Beyond'. This strategy created the concept of five clusters of departments, each cluster sharing a common set of process, common cloud-based ERP and ancillary systems and a single shared service centre to deliver corporate services across Finance, Procurement, Human Resources (HR) and Payroll.

This direction has led each cluster to set up a programme team with associated governance and steering oversight to:

1. Combine the process design and operational model thinking to deliver a centralised single shared service model; and

2. Define and deliver a standard systems architecture that can support the in-scope business process (Finance, Procurement, HR and Payroll).

The Unity Cluster programme has been commissioned to deliver the SSfG strategy for the following Departments and their associated agencies and relevant Arms Length Bodies (ALBs):

• HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC);

• Department for Transport (DfT); and

• Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)

The objectives of the Unity programme are to:

• Design and operate a centralised Finance, Procurement, HR and Payroll shared service function;

• Operate a standard set of processes that are fit for the purposes of all Unity Departments;

• Design, build, deploy and operate a standard, single set of systems that are scaled to the future and that deliver performant services underpinning the business processes; and

• Migrate data from the Unity Departments' existing systems to the new target Unity systems such that each business process continues to operate without disruption.

This procurement has been awarded to procure the services (i.e. technical professional services) that are required to enable the technical transformation of the Unity cluster.

The Authority has awarded a contract to a Technical Delivery Partner delivering systems integration services, on behalf of the departments within the Unity Programme, to ensure the delivery of high quality, value for money (VfM), shared Finance, Procurement, HR and Payroll services which meet the needs of service users.

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Award information

Awarded date

1 October 2024

Contract start date

1 November 2024

Contract end date

31 October 2029

Total value of contract

£120,039,159

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

DELOITTE LLP

Address

1 New Street Square, London, United Kingdom, EC4A 3HQ

Reference

Companies House number: OC303675

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Zeeshan Ahmed

Address

H M Revenue & Customs
100 PARLIAMENT STREET
LONDON
SW1A2BQ
England

Telephone

+44 300 053 5356

Email

unityprogramme@hmrc.gov.uk

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs