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Post Office confirms end of in-house NBIT system, 410M procurement plan to go
ahead
Date:
Wed, 14 May 2025 15:15:35 +0000
Description:
External providers are being invited to pitch services and software after it
pulls the plug from its 2021 NBIT plans.
FULL STORY
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- Post Office to source external software and service providers to replace
Horizon
- Fujitsu`s Horizon gets a one-year extension due to the delays
- Horizon/NBIT replacements to cost 492 million
The Post Office is abandoning its in-house effort to replace the
controversial Horizon system with the previously-announced New Branch IT
(NBIT) system, instead turning to external suppliers for a suitable option.
As part of the new procurement plan, worth 492 million, the Post Office is
seeking a replacement service provider for 322.8 million and a software
provider, which it will award a 169.2 million contract to.
The announcement, posted to the Government website , comes around four years
after the Post Office first revealed plans for NBIT after widespread
controversy relating to its outgoing system, which just received an
extension.
Post Office wants external suppliers to build it a new system
Introduced in 1999 and developed by ICL and Fujitsu, the Horizon system
resulted in a miscarriage of justice on a huge scale, with faulty accounting
software leading to the false prosecutions of hundreds of subpostmasters.
More than 60 people had died before getting justice, and a public inquiry is
still ongoing.
Fujitsu has been awarded contracts totalling 2.44 billion since 1999, and
with the Post Office confirming that NBIT would not arrive by March 2025,
Fujitsu was given a further year to continue providing the Post Office with
its Horizon software.
The first of two lots centers around the migration from datacenters to the
cloud, including the introduction of a cloud-native platform with enhanced
reporting and a zero-trust security architecture. It`s on offer as a
five-year contract, from June 2026 to June 2031, and will be worth 322.8
million. Two one-year extensions could take this to June 2033 if the Post
Office deems it necessary to "ensure key transformations and transitions have
concluded."
The second lot, a longer 12-year contract worth 169.2 million, will see a
third party provide a modular, cloud-hosting retail electronic POS platform,
including self-service, pick-up/drop-off and mobile POS. Two optional
one-year extensions are also available.
A Post Office spokesperson said (via The Register ): "We are committed to
moving away from Fujitsu and off the Horizon system and we have a plan in
place to introduce a new IT system in stages for postmasters and strategic
partners. We will continue to ensure we comply with public procurement
regulations as we transform our technology."
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/post-office-confirms-end-of-in-house-nbit-system
-gbp410m-procurement-plan-to-go-ahead
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