STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

In reply to Mr PISONI (Unley) (23 November 2011) (First Session).

The Hon. T.R. KENYON (Newland—Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills, Minister for Science and Information Economy, Minister for Recreation and Sport): The contract amount of $18.031 million over 10 years covers the purchase and ongoing licensing of software to implement the Student Information System, as well as vendor support for implementation and 10 years of maintenance support. Two contract variations have been added, covering the licensing of UC4 Job Scheduler ($6,000) and licensing of Procedural Language/Structured Query Language (PL/SQL) Script Editor ($5,600, plus annual maintenance of $1,027). UC4 allows for daily tasks in the student and finance systems to be automated as an overnight process without staff intervention. Pl/SQL Script Editor is a technical software tool that allows PDF documents such as student invoices to be made available for students on Self Service. There are no other variations to this contract.

The implementation budget of $20.4 million over 3 years covers the cost of configuring and implementing the system to meet TAFE SA's requirements. The implementation budget includes $9.321 million of the SunGard contract, covering Initial License Fees and Professional Services provided during implementation. Other costs in the implementation budget include hardware and infrastructure and project staff drawn from within TAFE SA and the Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology, as well as external contractors.