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<p>Prior to entering these detailed discussions with Shared Services Connected Limited
(a joint venture between STERIA and the Cabinet Office) all options were fully evaluated.
A business case was developed to evaluate the two Independent Shared Service Centre
(ISSC) options, alongside the option to remain a standalone organisation.</p><p>The
business case was informed by proposals from both ISSC framework providers, which
included SSCL. In order to complete these proposals, both providers learned about
the existing MoJ Shared Services organisation through visits to our sites and through
the information that was provided to them about:</p><p> </p><p>· How Shared Services
fitted in to the MoJ organisation.</p><p>· What services they provided and who their
customers were.</p><p>· How many transactions were processed in a typical day.</p><p>·
Who their partners were and what systems they used.</p><p>· The projects that were
currently underway.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The evaluation criteria in the business
case included people impact, services delivery, cost and IT. Overall the SSCL proposal
was the strongest, in part due to the investment that they were already making in
a new IT platform and the fact that the costs of this could be shared across multiple
government departments.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is now entering into
detailed discussions with Shared Services Connected Limited (SSCL) regarding the future
delivery of their back office services, with the intention of awarding a contract
in August 2014.</p><p><em>The Home Office have also been considering their options
at the same time as the Ministry of Justice but the two departments have completed
their evaluations as separate and independent exercises. The Home Office </em>have
reached the same conclusion and assessed SSCL to be its preferred option. <em>The
two departments have started contract negotiations at the same time but each will
have a separate contract with SSCL. </em>It's intended that MoJ and Home Office follow
the same process going forward and will make changes within the same timescales.</p><p><em>Both
of these evaluations followed the publication of the Government's Next Generation
Shared Services Strategy in December 2012 and a rigorous procurement exercise completed
by Cabinet Office to select the providers of the two Independent Shared Service Centres.</em></p><p>
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