DWP, Home Office, MoJ and Defra launch £1bn tender for shared services tech providers
Departments look to sign joint deal with a software provider and a system integrator
Ministry of Justice floats £200m opportunity for long-term WAN provider
Department seeks bids for seven-year contract as part of major programme to replace networks
MoD begins work on IT system to register and track evacuees from crisis zones
Ministry reveals it has begun work on concept phase of potential software tool to manage...
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HMPPS begins £4m project to replace ‘outdated’ prisoner data system
Newly built bespoke platform will process information including daily unlocking lists and activities to reduce recidivism
Government predicts £1.8bn savings over next 15 years from shared services drive
Cabinet Office issues projections of impact on implementing software ‘clusters’
Home Office paid Motorola £45m for early end to Emergency Services Network contract
NAO report finds that ultimate costs, delivery date and likelihood of success of £12bn-plus programme all remain uncertain
Cabinet Office invests in £300k software tool to get a handle on tech estate
Platform is intended to enable technologists and business leaders to better understand risks, gaps and tools that can be retired
Digital transformation – a guide for local government
Digital transformation will play a key role in the future of local government. David Bemrose, Head of Account Strategy for Local Government at Crown Commercial Service (CCS), introduces a new digital transformation guide
Government plans national platform for sharing of social-care data
DHSC shortly to begin work on system due to launch in 2024
NHS plans £150m framework to help solve trusts legacy issues with patient data
Health service identifies problems caused by organisations’ requirement to maintain multiple systems
Cabinet Office taps data analytics firm for ‘spring clean’ of millions of files
Department extends existing supplier engagement in £500k deal
‘Top Secret UK eyes only’ – MoD plots new infrastructure for highly classified information
Facility in south-east England is likely to include private cloud and physical storage
NHS signs nationwide £20m deal for ‘electronic infection control’ systems
Systems delivered by US healthcare giant is intended to help trusts replace patchwork of paper documents and spreadsheets
MoJ tops debit-card spending list as critics lament patchy departmental data
Justice ministry’s purchases included branded USB cables, while MoD’s info is ‘riddled with anomalies’, according to report
ICO signs £800k deal to expand use of AI for sorting emails
Data-protection regulator awards contract to ‘conversational AI’
Bristol picks Fujitsu as long-term digital-transformation partner in £25m deal
Tech firm signs five-year contract with local authority
Home Office signs £40m digital deal for UK border anti-crime ‘analytics and targeting system’
Contract represents about a fifth of the budget for Cerberus project
MoJ seeks £100m-plus network partner
Ministry seeks provider to offer LAN services – including support with insourcing
Cabinet Office ditches consultancy and professional services spend controls
Removal of guidelines could mean departments can now spend up to £20m on consultants without requiring external approval
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 potential suppliers
DWP seeks duo of commercial bigwigs to oversee major digital programmes
Department advertises roles for savvy senior managers to oversee supplier engagements
NHS picks suppliers for £200m voice recognition and digital dictation framework
A total of 12 firms feature across four lots on deal that runs for an initial term of two years