The new framework will provide a complimentary leadership, management and personal effectiveness learning and development curriculum offer, which will be used by all EA employees, accommodating hybrid working and key sustainability needs. The new framework will enable a number of suppliers to be present on each Lot, providing a competitive and resilient approach.
Defra requires an independent checkpoint evaluation of Phase 1 of the Farming Innovation Programme to inform future development of the programme. This evaluation will: undertake an assessment of the processes, early-stage impacts, and value for money; appraise the Defra-UKRI partnership; and evaluate efficiency and effectiveness of the existing funds and competitions. This work will give an indication of whether the Farming Innovation Programme is on track to deliver positive environmental, productivity and economic growth outcomes.
The AMS Contract will deliver a new AMS service that will:<br/>• Proactively monitor and provide alerts for Defra’s applications / services<br/>• Manage, maintain and support over 250 business critical and non-critical applications that are currently managed by:<br/>o IBM under the e-Nabling contract;<br/>o Capgemini under the Master Services Agreement for Service Procurement (MSA);<br/>o other third-party contracts that will be included in this AMS Contract <br/>• On-board, manage, maintain and support new applications developed by:<br/>o internal Defra software development teams;<br/>o other third-party suppliers where they do not have an AMS capability<br/>• Manage Software as a Service (SaaS) and Commercial of the Shelf (COTS) Software<br/>• Provide a capability for minor application development work to support enhancements and continuous improvement<br/>• Transition applications from IBM, Capgemini and other third-party contracts to the new supplier<br/>• De-commission / transition applications where required.