SSCL signs new deal to extend government business services to 2023
Shared
Services Connected Limited (SSCL) has announced that yesterday it signed a
three-year contract extension worth over £100 million with seven government
departments in collaboration with Government Shared Services (GSS), to continue
to provide a range of critical business services.
As part of
the agreement SSCL has renewed its partnership with GSS, part of the Cabinet
Office, to ensure that SSCL services are fully aligned with the objectives
within its Government Shared Services Strategy, which was refreshed in
September 2019, and sets out an ambitious vision for transforming delivery of
finance and HR services over a 10 year period.
For the past
six years, on behalf of the government, SSCL has been handling over £50bn of
yearly payments, processing almost seven million annual transactions and
ensuring more than a quarter of a million public servants every month get paid
correctly and on time. SSCL is on track to deliver savings of up to £400m by end
October 2023.
The deal to
extend the relationship is focused around a renewed commitment to deliver
efficient, innovative and user-focused shared services for the government.
Enhanced user experience is at the forefront of new service developments – providing
government employees with access to the very latest digital technologies, which
aligns to the current transformation agenda of government.
John
Neilson, CEO Public Sector SSCL said: “Our vision is to help the UK
public sector save money and enhance quality so that it can improve services,
innovate to enhance the quality of life for us all, protect people and the
environment and deliver better outcomes for UK citizens and businesses.
“We are
delighted to confirm our contract extension that will continue to drive
enhancements to services with government departments. The extension builds on
the achievements we have made over the past six years bringing departments onto
a single platform, enhancing the end-user experience with investments in new
technologies and platforms including robotics, intelligent automation and
enhancing our self-serve portals, and ultimately continuing to enable the
government’s transformation to cloud.”
Andy Helliwell, Executive
Director, Government Shared Services said, “Our ambition is, above all, to
create a future where civil servants’ ability to support government priorities
and deliver services to the citizen is enhanced by the shared services they
use. Shared services need to be mobile, accessible, intelligent and automated,
to increasingly anticipate what the user needs to deliver a seamless, secure
and intuitive user experience.”