Steria approved for Cabinet Office joint venture
4 November 2013
IT and services group Steria has been confirmed as the Cabinet Office’s joint venture partner creating Shared Services Connected Limited (SSCL), a provider of back office services to the public sector including HR and procurement.
Mon, 4 Nov 2013IT and services group Steria has been confirmed as the Cabinet Office’s joint venture partner creating Shared Services Connected Limited (SSCL), a provider of back office services to the public sector including HR and procurement.
As recruiter.co.uk reported in September, the company had already been named as the preferred bidder for the controversial deal, but the deal’s confirmation means around 1,200 staff previously working in delivery centres for the Department for Work and Pensions, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Environment Agency transferred to SSCL last Friday (1 November).
Steria also notes that the contract may be worth £1bn to them over 10 years, double the figure previously reported. It is also due to deliver between £400m and £600m per annum for the UK taxpayer, according to Steria.
The NHS Shared Business Services (SBS), a similar back office operation whose recruitment has been run by Steria subsidiary Steria Recruitment, should join SSCL in 2015, according to Steria, and there is the potential to expand SSCL’s services in future.
Francis Maude, minister for the Cabinet Office, says: “It makes sense for government departments, agencies and public bodies to share services and pool expertise, so that hard-working taxpayers don’t have to foot the bill for duplicate services. Instead they will be able to focus on providing services rather than managing back office functions.”
As recruiter.co.uk reported in September, the company had already been named as the preferred bidder for the controversial deal, but the deal’s confirmation means around 1,200 staff previously working in delivery centres for the Department for Work and Pensions, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Environment Agency transferred to SSCL last Friday (1 November).
Steria also notes that the contract may be worth £1bn to them over 10 years, double the figure previously reported. It is also due to deliver between £400m and £600m per annum for the UK taxpayer, according to Steria.
The NHS Shared Business Services (SBS), a similar back office operation whose recruitment has been run by Steria subsidiary Steria Recruitment, should join SSCL in 2015, according to Steria, and there is the potential to expand SSCL’s services in future.
Francis Maude, minister for the Cabinet Office, says: “It makes sense for government departments, agencies and public bodies to share services and pool expertise, so that hard-working taxpayers don’t have to foot the bill for duplicate services. Instead they will be able to focus on providing services rather than managing back office functions.”
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