Liverpool City Council this morning voted to end an outsourcing joint venture arrangement with BT after negotiations over a reduction in the contract price ended in stalemate....
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Weekly tenders update
View the official tender for the £200 million fifth iteration of the G-Cloud framework and other recent tender opportunities in local government ICT....
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Pickles confirms plan to change electronic agenda rules
The government has confirmed that it is planning to legislate to allow councillors to be sent agendas for council meetings electronically....
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Socitm seeks contributions for PSN compliance resource
Socitm, the professional association for public ICT management, has launched a drive to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds to beef up its advisory group to help councils looking to move […]...
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G-Cloud buyers ‘could face legal challenge’
Major changes are needed to ensure the continuing credibility of the G-Cloud project, according to a group of public sector ICT professionals including a senior digital manager at a London […]...
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Capita signs SWAN contract with damages challenge looming
Capita has signed a framework contract to deliver a Scottish Wide Area Network (SWAN) after fending off a legal challenge to the awarding of the contract by rival bidder BT....
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Steria snatches ICT services contract from Capita
Provider Steria has won a five year ICT managed services contract worth up to £35 million with Gloucestershire County Council, and will replace incumbent Capita from April....
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Weekly tenders update
A London borough has released a tender worth up to £70 million for ICT service provision – view details of this and other recent tender opportunities in local government ICT....
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Council: ‘iPad provision three times cheaper than laptops’
A Kent council has opted to buy iPads for all of its members after its cabinet accepted a report estimating that providing laptops for them would work out almost three […]...
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Enfield seeks to extend Serco ICT service contract, rather than retendering
London Borough of Enfield councillors have voted in favour of extending the council’s current ICT support services contract with provider Serco after officers renegotiated the scope of the deal....
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