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Meeting
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Meeting of the Scottish Police Authority - 26 February 2023
Date : 23 February 2023
Location : Crown Plaza, Glasgow
Summary Report from Resources Committee - 15 December 2022
MAIN ITEMS OF BUSINESS
Financial Monitoring Report – Period 7, 2022/23
Procurement Performance Report
Contract award - Automatic Number Plate Recognition System (ANPR)
Two change control reports for Approval:
National Integrated Communication Control Systems (NICCS)
Project Rubicon
Three End of Project Reports for discussion:
Body Worn Video (BWV) Armed Policing Project;
Microsoft Teams Project; and
Mobile Working Phase 1.
KEY ISSUES RAISED
Financial Monitoring Report P7 2022/23
The Committee considered and the report in detail. Following discussions with Scottish Government, the plans to identify £5m of one off savings or underspends were noted as was the increased risk of delivering this.
A number of areas were discussed including: the impact of inflation; project delays caused by the Accountable Officer template process; Operational Unicorn final costs steps and police officer overtime.
Procurement Performance Report
An update was provided that the Procurement Team improvement plan had now been fully implemented and the function will now operate under a continuous improvement model. The committee commended the overall improvement work done in this business areas.
Business Case Change Control
National Integrated Communication Control Systems (NICCS) Change Request and Project Rubicon additional expenditure request
As part of the revised delegated financial authorities, the Committee considered Change Requests for these two projects as well as the rational and business justification for the change.
End of Project Reports (EPRs)
EPRs were discussed in respect of Body Worn Video (BWV) Armed Policing Project, Microsoft Teams Project and Mobile Working Phase 1.
Challenges and successes for each project were explored and an overall assurance was given that any lessons learned will be applied to future projects across the organisation.
CONCLUSIONS/ACTIONS REACHED
The following items were approved;
- Automatic Number Plate Recognition System (ANPR) contract award;
- National Integrated Communication Control Systems (NICCS) Change Request (subject to available budget);
- Project Rubicon additional expenditure request.
