Mobile Devices Full Business Case

This paper requests approval of the final business case for Mobile Devices. The proposal will enable the delivery of the technology to support mobile working and provides the opportunity to deliver a modern platform capable of supporting the present and future organisational needs.

The DMPC is asked to:

• Approve additional funding from the capital programme by £23.5m to £107m
• Increase the revenues costs within the Medium Term Financial Plan (MTFP) by £15.6m
• Allow the initiation of contract action and award contracts/purchase work orders with suppliers worth £115m over five years.

1. Introduction and background

1.1. The Mobile Devices project will provide frontline and operational officers and staff with a mobile device which will allow them to deliver services more efficiently and effectively at the first point of contact and significantly reduce the reliance on fixed desktops availability at predefined locations.

1.2. The provision of Mobile Devices to MPS officers and staff is a core pillar of the technology capabilities that support the MPS’s Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans by allowing working flexibly at any location. This supports several objectives of the One Met Model.

2. Issues for consideration

2.1. The proposal is a technical refresh programme and provides the basis for major change in how the MPS delivers its services. It provides the infrastructure to enable all frontline and operational staff to deliver mobile services.

2.2. The introduction of mobile technology is a critical enabler to supporting the wider transformation of the MPS including the One Met Model (OMM) and the Estates Transformation programme.

2.3. The proposal will deliver 32,000 mobile devices and supporting infrastructure that will provide the technical capabilities to support flexible working within the MPS.

3. Financial Comments

3.1. The proposal requires capital spend of £107m over the period 2014/15 to 2020/21and revenue spend of £62.3m for 2016/17 through to 2020/21. Approval is also requested for additional capital spend of £23.5m and additional revenue spend of £15.6m.

3.2. The proposal will deliver cashable savings of £6.28m, principally through the move from fixed desktops to mobile devices.

3.3. There will also be indirect cashable and indirect non cashable savings from this proposal. This will be up to £72.4m per annum and is linked to the Estates Transformation and Met Integrated Policing Solution (MiPS) Programmes.

4. Legal Comments

4.1. There are no legal implications arising from this report the community.

5. Equality Comments

5.1. There are no direct equality or diversity implications arising from this report

6. Background/supporting papers

6.1. None.