Transition from Agilysis IT contract has cost £4m

Guernsey's States has revealed it has spent almost £4m on its transition from the IT contract with Agilisys to its new multi-vendor model.

The figures, disclosed in responses to Freedom of Information requests, show £652,000 has been paid to law firms, whilst the transition project has cost in total around £3.3m.

States officials said this work had "reduced the cost to the public purse by avoiding projected exit and transition costs of approximately £5m".

Agilisys' contract with the States was axed last year, halfway through its 10-year tenure, with the States saying a multi-vendor model would provide better value for money for taxpayers.

According to the States, the new multi-vendor model for providing IT services at the States includes local and off-island companies at a cost £38.5m across four years.

A total of 29 staff transferred from Agilisys into the new digital and technology structure being used by the States.

Between August 2025 and July 2026, £10.1m had been spent on the new multi-vendor model.

For legal costs of the transition, UK firm DAC Beachcroft was paid £585,000 for their work, while Carey Olsen in Guernsey was paid £67,000.

Additionally within the States the law officers of the crown worked on the project, which the States said was within existing budgets.

The new model also required different governance, contract-management and supplier-management functions, with an extra £1.4m funding allocation and nearly £1m annual staffing cost.

In October 2025 the States said the costs of the changes to a multi-vendor model would be reported following a financial audit and in the chief executive's annual report.

That report has not been published and the States has now said it planned to publish "thematic updates" instead.

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