HMRC to connect 27 offices with £2m wide-area network

Tax agency invests in connectivity

Credit: HMRC

HM Revenue and Customs is to connect 27 offices around the country with a managed wide-area network.

The tax agency has signed a two-year deal that came into effect in 1 July, newly published transparency data reveals. The contract, which is worth £2.25m, was awarded to hSo, a company specialising in cloud, networks, and telecoms technology.

The deal was awarded through the £5bn Network Services 2 framework that launched a year ago.


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Details are scarce, but contract data reveals that HMRC wishes to connect a total of 27 sites via the managed WAN over the course of the engagement – which could be extended by a further 24 months.

The department is currently about halfway through a 10-year programme of transformation that includes plans to bring the vast majority of staff together across 13 regional ‘hubs’ around the country – compared a previous total of 170 separate locations.

Founded 20 years ago, hSo is based in east London. Its most recently available accounts, for the year to 31 March 2019, show a pre-tax profit of £26,000 on turnover of £11m.

 

Sam Trendall

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