Surrey council on June 10 awarded UKG Inc. a contract of nearly $4 million over five years for "Work Management Solution" software to help manage City of Surrey's staff scheduling and timesheet entries for roughly 5,000 employees.
The contract is for $3,883,544. Council also approved an option to extend the contract for two more one-year terms, to a maximum of $696,445.09 per year.
"To support the City's organizational commitment to continuous improvement and excellence in service delivery, it is necessary to implement a modern workforce management system," Joey Brar, Surrey's general manager of corporate services, stated in a corporate report before council.
"It is expected that this workforce management software system will be used by staff across multiple City departments including Parks, Recreation & Culture, RCMP, By-Laws, Engineering Operations, Planning & Development, and Surrey Public Library," Brar said.
He added the software is also expected to improve service to the public and reduce labour costs related to managing work schedules.
"Automating these processes," Brar maintains, "will save the City thousands of labour hours each year across the organization and ensure better compliance with relative collective agreement and Employment Standards Act provisions."