Defence Individual Training Management Fallback Phase 2

Modification Notice

Original description: GPS RM 713/L4 - Framework Agreement Title - Software Application Solutions - HR, Finance, Procurement, Transactions Management and ERP Solutions)

The provision of software and related services based on common, specialist areas of business need such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Finance Management, Human Resources, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Documents and Records Management and Data Management and Reporting.

Requirements are split by specialisms in product type. The Framework Agreement will have an Initial Period of two years with the option to extend for two subsequent 12 month periods at the discretion of GPS

Description of the modifications

The requirement was procured using the GPS Framework - RM713/Lot 4 Software Application solutions. Following tender process contract was placed (CTLBC/1959) for 2 years with 2 x 1 option years. Contract award date 29/10/12. Both Options years were taken up in accordance with agreed business cases so new end date 13/11/16 . Due to a delay in awarding new requirement the services was needed beyond this date by a further 2 + 2 week period. This modification is to extend and uplift contract value.

Description of the economic or technical reasons and the inconvenience or duplication of cost preventing a change of contractor:

This is for additional work/services by the current contractor that have become necessary and were not included in the initial procurement, where a change to the contractor would cause significant inconvenience & duplication of costs for the authority