Government unveils £10m plan to launch world’s first self-driving bus
Funding initiative reveals recipients of government backing for automated vehicles, including soon-to-launch passenger service in Edinburgh
FCDO signs consultancy to £6.5m deal to boost cyber-resilience
Department retains firm on two-year deal
Consultancy signed to £6.5m deal to advise on eight-department shared-services plan
The Matrix programme – which includes Treasury, Cabinet Office and DHSC – begins engaging with...
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Test and Trace hired £40,000-a-day digital team after failure ‘to source civil servants with these skills’
Procurement data reveals consultancy brought in to cover six-month drive to recruit specialists
Cabinet Office to ask million-strong online panel of citizens for views on government policies
Market research contracts worth £15m awarded
HMRC renegotiates £94m AWS deal
Department replaces existing arrangement with contract under new terms
DHSC expands Test and Trace cloud support deal to improve data flow
Extra £367k added to deal in support of isolation payments
HMRC awards £10m deal to support customs and border services
Mastek swipes one-year contract
NHS spends £8.5m on laptops and phones for vaccination programme
Procurement info shows two suppliers were chosen for four-month contract
Birmingham tech leader hails return of innovation after exiting outsourced IT contract
Authority's engagement with Capita comes to an end
Test and Trace spends £1.2m on user-survey platform
Government invests in customer experience software
'I've seen no evidence' emergency measures have harmed transparency, says former Whitehall chief
Mark Sedwill claims that there has been no ‘dilution’ of the ethical standards of politicians and officials
DfE signs £4m IT health check deal
Department brings in cyber firm on three-year contract
MoD signs £48m for office electronics and print supplies
Deal covers storage, devices, and print supplies
‘Miserable record of exorbitantly expensive digital programmes’ – MPs hammer Home Office
Report into Digital Services at the Border scheme finds inability to identify and solve problems
Plans unveiled for Whitehall ‘consulting hub’
Government to bring together small team of experts
MoJ signs up for £8m Amazon account
Department signs deal for access to business account
Government buys £6m of iPads for care homes
Contract covers the delivery of 11,000 devices, plus accessories and upkeep
Government Covid guidance body brings in Accenture for ‘data science support’
Consultancy awarded £500,000 deal
RAF and Navy to adopt £9.5m low-code recruitment platform
Three-year deal awarded to Pegasystems
All laptops issued for remote learning under warranty, minister says
Cover lasts until at least June
Analysis: gaps in procurement transparency are nothing new
The health secretary cited the demands of coronavirus response after being rapped for failing to meet publication deadlines for major contracts. But perusing procurement databases suggests this is no anomaly, PublicTechnology finds
Test and Trace ‘scaling down’ use of consultants
Programme leader Dido Harding says use of outside help is being reduced although will continue to some extent