Branch Secretary writes to all 63 councillors about SouthwestOne disaster and One Barnet

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Dear Councillors

 

Please find enclosed copy of latest UNISON report entitled ‘Cost Costs and consequences of a One Barnet Commissioning Council’

 

If you have any questions or concerns with regards the report please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

I want to leave you with the words of Ian Liddell- Grainger Conservative MP for Somerset West and Sedgemoor talking about IBM and the Strategic partnership known as Southwest One. I am copying in the MP for Somerset West and Sedgemoor in case any of you would like to seek further clarification on what he is reporting.

 

“The company has recorded chronic losses in every year of trading and has failed to do what its creators promised – namely save any significant public money. Instead it squandered cash on a computer system that still isn’t working properly and continues to overcharge Somerset County Council and other “partners” for so-called services.

Somerset Council has now caved in to FoI requests and published the bids:

 Supplier / Bid

Total cost over 10 years

BT Standard bid

£220.552M

BT Variant Bid

£248.055M

Capita Standard Bid

£256.671M

Capita Variant Bid

£267.687M

IBM Standard Bid

£253.820M

IBM Variant Bid

£253.820M

“BT came in almost £34 million cheaper than IBM on the standard bid – and very nearly £6 million cheaper on the “variant” bid – the projected cost of the grandiose extras the customer (Alan Jones) fancied. Capita’s approach was to pitch ridiculously high, like a builder who doesn’t really want the work at all. But the fascinating thing about this table of statistics is the IBM tactic. There is no difference whatsoever between their standard and variant bids. In other words IBM seemed to be prepared to keep the price the same whatever nutty bolt-on extras the customer wanted. Jones had asked for an “iconic” HQ for South West One, for example, to be built in Taunton. Needless to say IBM never provided it. They were promising the moon for the same price as an ordinary product.”

You can read his full article here

http://www.liddellgrainger.org.uk/local/THETRUTHABOUTIBM.html

 

Best wishes

John Burgess

Branch Secretary.

Barnet UNISON