Fujitsu will keep the UK’s CHIEF customs system running until 2025, as an apparent backstop for importers and exporters that fail to meet HMRC’s March 2023 deadline for CDS migration.
Following a tip off by a Dover customs agent, The Loadstar discovered an agreement between HMRC and Fujitsu in late 2020, renewing a deal with the software supplier for 12 applications, including the Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) system.
A spokesperson for HMRC told The Loadstar:
“Entering into a five-year fixed price contract ensured HMRC could continue with a fully operational customs platform for future years.
The CHIEF contract extension was one part of a larger negotiation that covered another 12 applications Fujitsu provides on the same technology. Combining all applications into one contract and committing to a five-year term provided the best value for taxpayer money.”
News of the extension led one source to “breathe easier”, after concerns over HMRC’s ability migrate the 5,000 CHIEF users to its replacement, the Customs Declaration System (CDS).
Under HMRC deadlines, all importers are expected to be using CDS by the
end of September 2022, after exporters migrated to the system by 31
March next year, a timeframe one software supplier described as
“laughable”.
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