Minutes of Senior Management Team Meeting held on 5 March 2019
In attendance: K Donnelly (C&AG), P McCreedy (COO), D Lynn (Director), T Wilkinson (Director), N Gray (Director), R Allen (Director)
Apologies: C Kane (Director)
1. GovTech –Overview of the Phase One Selection Process
A paper summarising the selection process for phase 1 of the Govtech process was discussed. The rationale for the selection of the five proposed providers was discussed and it was agreed that this was appropriate and the selected five presented exciting opportunities to be followed up further during phase 1.
The financing of the project through the NIAO budget was raised and it was confirmed that this was discussed some months ago with Cabinet office and DoF and arrangements are in place to get this funding into the NIAO budget for 2019‐20.
It was agreed that it was appropriate to go ahead and issue letters to successful bidders on Friday 8 March 2019 as per the timetable and then to issue contracts (which have already been agreed with our legal advisers). We will confirm with Cabinet Office who is the appropriate person to sign the letters/contracts