Partnership
A Public Private Partnership (PPP)
In July 2000 MOD and Capgemini entered into a 10 year Public Private Partnership (PPP) for the provision of an eBusiness service. The contractual framework agreement defines the need for a set of Partnering Principles that will form the basis of the DECS management group behaviour. The key Partnering Principles are set out as follows.
• The Participants have committed themselves to the Principles of Partnering, and particularly behaviour. MOD Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) and Capgemini Senior Responsible Industry Executive (SRIE), are committed to
provide support and guidance as necessary to ensure the Principles of Partnering are maintained throughout their respective organizations and agree to the following objectives:
• To jointly maximise benefit from DECS, and its associated services, by the realisation of targeted business benefit and Value for Money for MOD, and an acceptable and predictable Return on Investment for Capgemini.
• To jointly explore and exploit innovative new opportunities to derive further benefit from DECS.
• To jointly communicate the advantages of DECS such that value, benefit and opportunities delivered by DECS are recognised throughout Defence and OGD’s.
Work together as a team, supporting and negotiating with each other in good faith, trust and openness to meet the joint objectives of DECS.
Share with each other their corporate objectives and key drivers. To understand and manage their impact on DECS.
Take all reasonable steps to address and meet each other’s objectives, recognising MOD’s obligations and commitments
with regard to accountability, probity and demonstrable Value For Money (VFM), and Capgemini’s duty to its shareholders.
Work together to establish and enforce appropriate governance mechanisms which deliver effective and timely decision making, innovation and commitment.
Continue to build and maintain a relationship that is proactive and co-operative, behaving pragmatically, seeking best practice, challenging accepted processes and procedures, and seeking timely and realistic trade-offs between service delivery and operational risk, commercial performance and value for money.
