Advanced Business Solutions wins £17m NI outsourcing contract

A £17m deal with software company Advanced Business Solutions has pledged to streamline finance, procurement and logistics across Northern Ireland’s health and social care services.

 

Northern Ireland's Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety has awarded a 10-year contract for finance, procurement and logistics systems for the country's Health and Social Care Board to the supplier.

 

According to a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union, the objective of the programme is to standardise and streamline HR, procurement, and logistics processes across the organisation and its agencies.

 

The notice says that the new systems will aim to increase efficiency; minimise the risk of system failure or resource unavailability; and improve the quality, timeliness and accessibility of financial, procurement and workforce management information available to health and social care managers.

 

"The system solutions will allow process innovation, be adaptable and allow for leverage across multiple clients while ensuring that there is minimum disruption to service," the notice says.