SMEs win £1bn less government business in FY17 as proportion of spending drops for second year in succession
But Cabinet Office said government ‘remains committed to our aspiration’ of awarding £1 in every £3 to smaller firms by 2022
MoD hands Rackspace £4m one-year extension to web-hosting deal
Company has run the MoD and Armed Forces Joint Server Farm since 2009
Defra hands £135m hosting deal to Atos
Department’s UnITy project to disaggregate overarching deals with IBM and Capgemini continues...
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Are confusing bid notices leading to ‘bad outcomes’ for government digital projects?
Research from digital specialist dxw finds that suppliers on key digital framework find most opportunity notices lack clarity on customer needs, desired outcomes, and budget
Sheffield NHS trust to implement electronic baby tagging
Supplier sought for three-year project to install technology at Jessop Wing Maternity Hospital
DWP in-house IT company BPDTS appoints Loveday Ryder as CEO
First set of annual accounts for BPDTS Ltd reveal that company delivered more than £12m of IT services to department in first four months of existence
Government shared-services drive will standardise Whitehall ERP on one of Oracle, SAP or a ‘cheaper, flexible alternative’
Cabinet Office policy paper reveals ambitions for 10-year rollout of shared services strategy
National Archives to digitise 1921 census records
Agency seeks supplier to facilitate online publication of information gathered through national survey as it nears 100-year cut-off
Wanted: IT supplier for one of the world’s most remote islands
British Overseas Territory Saint Helena publicises three-year contract to be awarded for provision of hardware, software, and services
Home Office to bring together police and immigration biometrics schemes ahead of potential move to public cloud
Department seeks supplier to bring IDENT 1 and IABS programmes under single service-management structure in project worth a possible £300m
Government unveils new streamlined contract designed to help SMEs win more business
Project required collaboration between CCS, GDS, and Government Legal Department
Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue to spend £30,000 to combat ‘misuse of social media’
Organisation puts out contract notice seeking provider of management tool for up to 25 Facebook and Twitter accounts
Police and fire services in Yorkshire and north east launch £60m mobile framework
Group of 15 public bodies pool their requirements for devices and data
2017 in review - part one
The first of a two-part recap of 2017 looks at the biggest stories and most significant developments in the first six months of the year
Companies House nears public beta launch of online accounts-filing platform
Organisation lifts lid on progress of newly built service
GLA seeks provider to help analyse city-simulator exercises
Greater London Authority looks for supplier of system dynamics software
National Army Museum to build six new interactive audiovisual exhibits
Museum seeks software supplier to create games and video platforms for £70,000 project as part of new exhibition to open in March
No longer a ‘framework factory’ – inside CCS tech chief’s plans to progress the procurement paradigm
Procurement agency’s technology category director discusses ongoing work to drive Whitehall transformation programmes and ambitions to expand into new areas
Foreign Office launches £350m project to connect embassies in 170 countries
FCO teams up with DFID and British Council to tender for four-year framework to provide networking to 550 sites in the UK and throughout the world
Dutch government to trial blockchain-based digital law
Country’s Ministry of Justice and Security to experiment with online process for informing criminal suspects of relevant laws and options
How to disaggregate in 18 months
Mark Hastings of Rainmaker Solutions applauds the Government’s guidance on Whitehall IT disaggregation, but argues that it need not take anywhere near as long as the four years suggested
First care providers connect to HSCN
Devon Doctors and Earl Mountbatten Hospice connect to new network
CCS expands ‘technology expense management’ across public sector with £8m framework
Procurement body seeks two suppliers for three-year deal
Suffolk Councils team up to deploy election-management and voter-registration software
Two local authorities issue tender worth up to £500,000