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The Government today (July 29) awarded 70 standing offer agreements to 44 companies for the provision of professional services to undertake information technology (IT) projects in the Government under the Standing Offer Agreement for Quality Professional Services (SOA-QPS) scheme.
Speaking at the contract signing ceremony, the Government Chief Information Officer, Mr Daniel Lai, said, "The SOA-QPS scheme reinforces the Government's IT outsourcing strategy by enlarging its delivery capacity for IT services. It also provides excellent business opportunities for the IT sector and helps further the development of the local IT industry."
The SOA-QPS covers four categories of IT services: (i) pre-implementation and independent programme/project management services, (ii) ongoing services, (iii) implementation and combined system development services, and (iv) information security and independent testing services.
During the contract period, government departments may invite proposals for individual IT projects from suppliers in the relevant service categories and select service providers to undertake the assignments based on technical and price assessments.
The 70 standing offer agreements will commence on July 31 for a period of 48 months. The total contract value for the scheme is estimated to be over $1 billion.
"As service quality is of utmost importance to the success of IT services delivery, we have introduced a new process to monitor and regulate the performance of service providers to assure service quality," Mr Lai said.
The list of SOA-QPS contractors is available at www.ogcio.gov.hk/en/business/business_window/contractor_list.htm.
Ends/Monday, July 29, 2013
Issued at HKT 16:50
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