The Department of Defence has awarded Accenture an $8.38 million contract for the provision of software support activities as part of its payment system overhaul.

The contract period, according to tender documents, is from 21 March to 31 August, with Accenture set to deploy Oracle software as part of the Department’s payments system overhaul.

“Over recent years, Defence has made a significant investment to modernise its ageing military pay system,” a spokesperson for the Department of Defence told ARN.

“Accenture has been contracted to design and build the new military payroll using Oracle’s PeopleSoft software, as used for Defence’s civilian employees. Within Defence, this human resource system is known as the Personnel Management Key Solution – PMKeyS.

“Accenture continues to assist Defence as we approach the finalisation of the new system. The $8.4 million contract enables Defence to modify the new system to meet important policy and legislative changes, including the changes associated with Australian Defence Force Super,” the spokesperson said.