Student Loans Company hunts ‘strategic partners’ for £200m-plus transformation of ageing IT estate
Arm’s-length body seeks to appoint a range of providers across various procurement exercises
NHSX to review patients’ online channels
National organisation to consider efficacy of existing portals and apps
Home Office begins work on modern slavery statement service
Department awards £500k contract for design of digital tool
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Over 300 tech staff return to Birmingham council with Capita JV ‘largely ended’
Authority claims most services have completed process of being brought back in house
HMRC begins prep for major cloud move
Department tasks digital transformation specialist with helping prepare the way for use of AWS and Azure
DfE to build £4m digital services suite for T Level students
Department looks to create platform to support work placements and issue results
Leeds seeks £20m partner for full-fibre network
Local authority looks to award seven-year contract with right of use guaranteed for a quarter of a century
Military turns to video games for help with combat strategy
Government awards contract to games developer Slitherine
Universities slam Sopra Steria’s ‘woefully inadequate’ student visa service
Outsourcer provides document checks and processes biometric information
MoJ awards £16m deal for courts service centre telephony
Mancunian comms reseller 4net wins three-year deal
Department for International Trade to review digital barriers
Department seeks team to come in conduct review of technical and cultural obstacles
Three London boroughs plan £1.5m move to Microsoft cloud
Lewisham, Brent and Southwark seek partner to offer construction of environment and subsequent migration
Essex Police to create £500k data-analytics platform
Platform to be used by officers and civilians
DWP sticks with US giant FICO for £5m digital debt platform
US-based credit-score provider retains contract to department’s debt-management system
Major tech suppliers could be shut out of government work under new prompt-payment rules
Nine in 10 deals worth £5m or more are awarded to firms that fail to meet incoming supply-chain regulations, according to Tussell
Government review of Student Loans Company finds ‘overwhelmed and outdated IT’
Organisation’s tech and digital set-up needs improvement, report finds
Government changes risk-management model for major suppliers in light of Carillion collapse
No more RAG ratings as centralised risk registers replaced with individual memoranda of understanding with each company
Report finds Home Office ‘has still not got a grip’ on Emergency Services Network
Public Accounts Committee releases damning verdict on troubled scheme, which government concedes is ‘not without its challenges’
Coventry NHS trust plans £1m investment in digital mental health
Organisation seeks to award five-year contract
East Midlands police forces launch £350m IT framework
Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire seeking to appoint tech resellers to four-year deal
Bidding opens on £1.6bn Digital Outcomes and Specialists 4 framework
New iteration of agreement due to go live four days after outgoing deal expires
Beyond G-Cloud – what next for government tech procurement?
PublicTechnology talks to CCS technology director Niall Quinn and a selection of suppliers about the future of IT procurement
Scottish Government creates IoT marketplace for public sector
Dynamic purchasing system seeks suppliers of products and services
Ministry of Defence returns to SBL for £190m Microsoft product deal
Long-term software partner wins back contract after besting five other bidders