Enterprise Resource Planning system `CONNECT' costs (FOI)

Request

A

How much money in total has the Government of Jersey spent on its new ERP (enterprise resource planning) system 'CONNECT' / 'SAP'?

B

How much was spent on the software alone?

C

How much was spent on consultants and staff to implement it?

D

How many suppliers in Jersey are waiting more than 90 days to be paid as a result of the change in the IT system?

E

Was former Chief Operating Officer John Quinn responsible for commissioning the new system?

F

How much was he paid in voluntary redundancy?

Response

A

The approved Full Business Case was £63m. The Programme is still within this budget. This figure does not include an additional £1.2m for Estates and Health & Safety which were submitted and approved on a separate Business Case but will be delivered through the Programme. The Programme is not forecast to complete until the end of 2023. 

B and C

As the rollout of the ITS programme is still in progress, it is not possible to provide a breakdown of figures as requested. 9.6% of the budget is allocated to software and licencing. 90.4% of the budget is allocated to consultants and staff to support the implementation of the system.

D

The system has been in use for less than 90 days. 

E

John Quinn was the Senior Responsible Officer and the Accountable Officer with overall responsibility for the Integrated Technology Solution Programme, including commissioning.

F

The Government of Jersey does not comment on individual contractual matters as this is personal information and would breach the privacy of the individuals concerned. Article 25 (Personal Information) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) 2011 Law has therefore been applied. 

Article applied 

Article 25 - Personal information

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018.

(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if –

(a) it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018; and

(b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.

3) In determining for the purposes of this Article whether the lawfulness principle in Article 8(1)(a) of the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018 would be contravened by the disclosure of information, paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 2 to that Law (legitimate interests) is to be read as if sub-paragraph (b) (which disapplies the provision where the controller is a public authority) were omitted.