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Lessons have been learned from troubled Capita recruitment contract – MoD
Department insists improvements are being made in its response to MPs’ report
CCS set to replace cloud first with ‘more appropriate guidance’
Procurement agency reveals it is working with GDS to create new advice
Home Office needs ‘plan B’ for Emergency Services Network, NAO finds
Report warns that costs may still rise and timeline could be lengthened
HMRC to spend £1.5m on ‘cheque-processing solution’
Supplier sought for hardware and software platform
Surrey seeks ‘digital transformation partner’
County council seeks external review of existing change plans to ‘help the organisation see that digital is a critical component’
‘Poor decisions compounded by a failure to take accountability’ – MPs tear into Verify
PAC criticises conception and rollout of scheme, and plan for its future
Consultancies swipe another £160m of government Brexit-prep contracts
Departments hand out deals for IT and other services
Report: ‘Tech procurement still favours insiders and incumbents’
SMEs are routinely shut out of bidding processes and snubbed for the opportunities that are open to them, research from tech incubator Public has found
Bidding opens on £6.5bn Technology Products and Associated Services framework
Starting gun fired for competition on next iteration of the government’s flagship commodity IT vehicle
Bradford to build app to boost uptake of online services
Council looks to implement platform including push notifications
University of Liverpool seeks virtual learning environment
Institution issues tender for tech platform
Technology Services 2 given two-year extension
CCS lengthens £3bn contract as it mulls ways to ensure future deals enable more streamlined processes
Manchester seeks partners for £35m full fibre rollout
Combined authority wishes to install a network over which it has usage rights for 20 years
Exclusive: CCS takes over running of Digital Marketplace
Crown Marketplace project is no more, as procurement agency looks to build ‘Digital Marketplace 2’ and move services from G-Cloud onto smaller specialised frameworks
Geospatial data projects picked for government funding
Ten programmes chosen as recipients of £1.5m cash pot
'We're on the cusp of a transformation' – plotting Police Scotland's tech future
Assistant chief constable Malcolm Graham discusses how tech can benefit officers and the public
‘I don’t accept that ESN failed’ – civil service head
Former Home Office perm sec denies that two of department’s major technology projects were failures
Leicester City Council seeks market engagement ahead of transformation programme
Authority looks to overhaul a range of tech platforms
G-Cloud introduces more stringent cybersecurity requirements for suppliers
Among the changes introduced for the eleventh iteration of the framework is a commitment for suppliers to use ‘the most up-to-date antivirus’ technology
All MPs to be equipped with Windows 10 PCs by this summer
Refresh of devices and software on course to wrap up by the end of July