oneMeridian awarded S$1.3b SOEasy tender
ConvergenceAsia staff
28/02/2008

The S$1.3 billion Standard ICT Operating Environment (SOEasy) for the public sector tender was awarded to oneMeridian, the consortium led by EDS International. Other key members in the consortium include Alcatel-Lucent, Avanade, Cisco Systems, Frontline, Microsoft, Singapore Computer Systems and SingTel.

SOEasy will enable public officers to work together as One Government and improve overall operational efficiency in the public sector. Lim Hup Seng, Deputy Secretary (Performance) of the MOF (Ministry of Finance) said, “SOEasy will allow more than 60,000 public officers to enjoy a robust, connected, innovative and agile infocomm environment.”

The Standard ICT Operating Environment will consolidate infocomm services into a single environment which will allow government agencies to achieve greater efficiency in infocomm usage and cost savings. This involves harmonising desktop, messaging and network environments across all government agencies.

Agencies can then fully utilise and benefit from integrated infocomm services and allocate resources optimally resulting in operational efficiency that will bring about $500 million cost savings to the Government. This translates to an average of 28 per cent over current infocomm expenditure for equivalent services.

SOEasy will introduce collaborative tools such as instant messaging, desktop video conferencing services and whiteboard sharing that will enable public officers to easily connect and collaborate within and across multiple agencies.

Individual public officers can also look forward to greater mobility at work as they can seamlessly access government resources from anywhere and anytime. All users will enjoy smooth and swift delivery of infocomm services, such as more regular and non-intrusive security updates. This will enable the government to respond faster to the changing infocomm environment.

SOEasy will be implemented in phases for a total of 74 government agencies, excluding the Ministry of Defence which has developed their own system, and Ministry of Education (Schools) which will be building a separate system. By July 2009, the first batch of government agencies such as MOF, MICA (Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts) and IDA (Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore) will enjoy the full benefits of SOEasy.

SOEasy will be fully implemented by 2010.

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