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HMRC seeks £3m partner to help meet ‘ambitious timelines’ of customs platform
Department floats two-year contact to support delivery of tech and infrastructure
Leeds picks suppliers for £26m IT deal
Resellers CDW and Insight chosen to supply council and local CCGs with tech
NHS Wales signs national Office 365 deal
More than 100,000 workers will get access to a range of software tools
Failure to manage IT project cost Scottish pension agency millions
Scottish Public Pensions Agency did not properly scrutinise Capita’s ‘abnormally low’ bid and failed to manage project says auditor
Northern Ireland prepares for three major IT projects
Departments of finance and infrastructure publish information on land registration, finance and planning systems
Emergency Services Network completion pushed back to December 2024
Motorola to receive extra £82m for further work and use of Kodiak product
Foreign Office cancels global connectivity procurement
Department opts not to award framework deal worth up to £350m after near-draw between two bidders
East Midlands creates £250m WAN framework
Nottinghamshire County Council publishes contract notice
GDS signs collaboration agreement with Singapore GovTech
Agencies sign memorandum of understanding to share knowledge and personnel
Innovation Strategy pledges cross-government plan to ‘tackle legacy technology’
Other initiatives unveiled in hotly anticipated strategy include pledge to send more civil servants on private-sector secondment
Pharmacy regulator seeks £3.5m services partner to support cloud future
Organisation wants to appoint provider to five-year contract
London NHS trusts launch £3bn mega-framework for IT and services
Contract will cover a comprehensive range of products and consultancy
Councils, schools and universities given option to buy goods via Amazon in £400m deal
Four-year framework gives option of establishing Amazon Business account
Bidding opens on £500m GP IT framework
Health secretary outlines intention to replace outgoing deal with ‘open, competitive’ market
London NHS trusts seek 10-year partner for £175m electronic health records platform
Guy’s and St Thomas’ leads procurement exercise
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Government seeks provider for £380m employee benefits platform
CCS issues contract notice for online system
IT system for MP expenses watchdog sees costs spiral
A total of more than £8m has been spent on the tech platform
NHS seeds £50m robotic surgery framework
Procurement body begins market research ahead of planned contract launch next year