The Department has entered into one IT contract with Atos Origin for covering ICT services for seven years, signed in December 2007, with a value of approximately £40 million.
Since 1 July 2006, the Royal Parks Agency has entered into seven contracts with Atkins and one with OGC Buying Solutions/Global Crossing and these are detailed as follows:
1. Contract with Atkins for IT Disaster Recovery implementation, let February 2007, for one year, at a cost of £44,000
2. Contract with Atkins for IT Strategy and Governance Development, let April 2007, for three months, at a cost of £35,000
3. Contract with Atkins for ICT Programme implementation—stage 1, let April 2007, for two months, at a cost of £100,000
4. Contract with Atkins for ICT Programme implementation—stage 2, let August 2007, for four months, at a cost of £219,000
5. Contract with Atkins for ICT Programme implementation—stage 3, let January 2008, for one year, at a cost of £721,000
6. Contract with Atkins for IT support services, let May 2007, for one year, at a cost of £7,000
7. Contract with Atkins for IT support services, let May 2008, for one year, at a cost of £7,000
8. Contract with OGC Buying Solutions and Global Crossing for a managed data communications service, let February 2007, for three years, at a cost of £218,000
Note:
All costs exclude VAT.