Transformation Services Agreement - NSW Department of Education ...

Transformation Services Agreement dated 2011
Parties
The State of New South Wales by its Department of Education and
Communities (DEC)
Accenture Australia Holdings Pty Ltd ABN 61 096 995 649 (Contractor)
Background
A. DEC has established the Learning Management and Business Reform (LMBR) Program
(Program), and embarked on a journey to transform the way finance, human resource (HR)
and student administration and learning management (SALM) services are delivered.
B. DEC wishes to engage a transformation services provider to manage and execute the
implementation of the Program in its entirety and potentially provide services to maintain and
operate the solutions and systems thereafter. This includes but is not limited to both the
SALM and ERP implementations.
C. DEC envisages an initial pilot project (Project) under this agreement, split into Solution pilots
for TAFE, Schools and State Office (Corporate). DEC envisages that the Solution pilots will
each comprise a fully functional service delivery model, delivering a proportion of the
complete Solution. Upon the successful conclusion of the pilots, DEC intends to move
forward with full deployment under a separate agreement.
D. DEC issued a request for proposal (RFP) on 10 October 2011 in order to procure a
transformation services provider to deliver a solution to DEC encompassing people, processes
and technology.
E. DEC has selected the Contractor to supply the services.
F. This agreement sets out the terms and conditions applying to the provision of services for the
pilots by the Contractor.
Operative provisions
Part 1 - Introduction
1. Definitions and interpretation
1.1 Definitions
In this agreement:
[Omitted.]
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