Wiltshire County Council has awarded Logica a seven-year
£12m contract to transform its support services.
The contract is part of a
business management programme to simplify, standardise and
increase the efficiency of internal business processes and
applications across the council. The programme is expected to
deliver savings of up to £11m a year.
Logica is to lead the transformation programme, and will
implement and host a new SAP
ERP system to better manage and improve the delivery of the
council's applications and processes for finance, procurement, HR,
payroll services and performance management.
The business and IT services company will also establish a
shared services centre to provide operational and transactional
support for a new unitary authority, as five councils merge in to
one local authority for Wiltshire from 1 April 2009.
Through the new SAP implementation, all financial and HR
information for the new authority will be available for the first
time in a centralised system that will be hosted and managed by
Logica.
This will ensure important performance management information is
more readily accessible to local government management teams,
helping to increase efficiency and the effectiveness of the
information, said Logica.
Carlton Brand, director of resources at Wiltshire County
Council, said, "The creation of a single authority is a major
undertaking for us and we needed a long-term partner with
experience in creating and operating a shared services model to
assure our drive for efficiency and value for money can be
achieved."