Fujitsu awarded government's Desktop21 framework agreement

The Desktop21 framework agreement is aimed at offering the UK public sector a set of services providing desktop managed services such as 'thin' and 'thick' client capability, mobile and wireless devices and support, service transformation, as well as day-to-day services such as print, network and service desk.

 

The framework is suitable for organisations procuring for 1,500 seats and upwards. Alternatively customer groupings of this number or above can procure a shared service.

 

Lesley Meeks, ICT procurement director, Buying Solutions comments “Buying Solutions is delighted to have been involved in this ground-breaking procurement with our partners, DWP and OGC.  We have successfully leveraged one of the biggest and best deals in the public sector and captured this in a framework agreement that the rest of the public sector can benefit from.  The deals agreed with our suppliers will deliver significant savings and provide public sector organisations with a compelling business case for change to Desktop21.

 

“We are particularly pleased that one of our framework agreements is the very first to receive the OGC’s new collaborative procurement mark as this is a further endorsement of the thorough approach we adopt to ensure that our arrangements and the service we provide are of the very highest quality.”

 

In response, Eithne Wallis CB, managing director UK Government Division, Fujitsu UK and Ireland says: "Our success as part of the Desktop21 framework comes hot on the heels of our contract with DWP to outsource its desktop estate.  As HM Government strives to make savings and efficiencies through its use of IT, we are proud to be helping departments and agencies across the public sector transform the way they manage the desktop environment as well as making some real and tangible cost savings."