2020 Report details for project: ECHO2 Programme
| Project name | ECHO2 Programme - there are 4 reports for this project: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 |
|---|---|
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| Organisation | FCO (D13 ) - see all reports for this organisation |
| Report year | 2020 (data is from September 2019) |
| Category | ICT - see all reports for this category |
| Description: | A joint initiative between DfID, FCO and the British Council to re-procure the current Connectivity and Voice & Video services, covering a network of over 500 offices in over 170 countries. |
| DCA (RAG) | Amber/Red |
| DCA text: | The IPA Delivery Confidence Assessment (DCA) rating at Q2 1920 (30th September 2019) was Amber/Red, which has declined since last year's Q2 1819 Amber, due primarily to the following factors; - The original Echo programme was reset in March 2019 following the decision to abandon the Connectivity procurement exercise. Since the Q2 1920 (30th September 2019) Amber/Red IPA DCA, the following non-project operating environment activities have impacted the original Q2 IPA DCA; - COVID-19 is impacting delivery of Echo 2 with a large proportion of sites either engaged in critical Covid-19 matters and or directly impacted by the virus itself. - Higher levels of assurance on the programme are required due to higher level of scrutiny from the market following the original challenge to the first procurement. Since the Q2 1920 (30th September 2019) Amber/Red IPA DCA, the following primary project actions have impacted the original Q2 IPA DCA; - The appointment of a Programme Director has enhanced the current capability and reinforced good PPM practices. - The governance has been strengthened (formal appointment of SRO) and the capability in the Programme team is being enhanced. - The last IPA PAR (October 2019) positively rated the programme as Amber. This represented a significant improvement demonstrating that the programme was heading in the right direction. |
| Start date | 2015-09-01 |
| End date | 2021-09-30 |
| Schedule text | The scheduled baseline project end date at Q2 1920 (30th September 2019) is 30/09/21, has lengthened by 30 days since last year's Q2 1819 date of 31/08/21, due primarily to the following factors; - The abandonment of the previous procurement resulted in the closure of the original programme and the reset of the programme to put in place new arrangements for the provision of network services. The date for completion of transition is now 20/09/23. - The extension by thirty days at this time was due to the previous programme's minor slippage which was superseded by the abandonment of the procurement. Since the Q2 1920 (30th September 2019) baseline project end date of 30/09/21, the following non-project operating environment activities have impacted the original Q2 baseline project end date; - The abandonment of the procurement. - The reset of the programme to deliver the new arrangements has slipped the date. Since the Q2 1920 (30th September 2019) baseline project end date of 30/09/21, the following primary project actions have impacted the original Q2 baseline project end date; - The programme has been reset. - A new business case has been produced. |
| Baseline | £0.00m |
| Forecast | £0.00m |
| Variance | None% |
| Variance text: | Exempt under Section 43 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (Commercial Interests) |
| Whole Life Cost | £0.00m |
| WLCost text: | Exempt under Section 43 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (Commercial Interests) |
| Notes1: | None |
| Notes2: | |
| Sourcefile | IPA_2020.csv |
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