Highways agency agrees £12.8m deal to replace 20-year-old pavement database
National Highways picks TRL to implement system to supersede platform that runs on Windows Server 2003
Covid response policy unit extends data science support in £500k deal
Joint Biosecurity Centre renews engagement with Accenture
Army’s ‘unconventional warfare’ division signs £8m deal to improve data sources
Unit claims commercially available data offers a better option than open-source intelligence
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Government ‘carefully examining’ acquisition of UK tech mainstay Arm
Chip company due to be sold to US firm Nvidia for $40bn
Government claims bringing nuclear warheads in house will enable investment in technology
AWE will become an arm’s-length body
New government tech services framework includes £600m lot for major transformation programmes
Technology Services 3 opens for bids
New vaccines body extends IBM consultancy deal to enable ‘handover of services’
Tech giant awarded £740,000 contract with VMIC
NHS trust plans £18m IT refresh
Sussex trust signs deal for new managed service and complete upgrade of all devices
Government to spend up to £20m on ‘border flow’ contract with CIA-backed big data firm Palantir
Deal will see tech company given access to data from a range of government departments
DHSC signs £3m-a-year ‘records management’ deal
Storage vendor Iron Mountain scoops five-year deal
DfE sets out on 18-month £10m digital services drive
Department awards contract to London tech consultancy
MoJ awards £5.6m cloud migration contract to London firm
Ministry picks Automation Logic for deal related to ‘modernisation platform’
Minister says HMRC needs another 1,000 staff before transition period ends
Lord Agnew urges traders to make necessary arrangements
Government to track smartphone location data to study impact of lockdowns
Cabinet Office awards £300k short-term deal to tech specialist
MoD awards £15m deals for support with Navy transformation scheme
BAE Systems appointed to three deals to provide additional personnel
NHS creates £15m framework for use of AI in treating strokes
Health service’s NHS SBS joint venture seeks suppliers for procurement vehicle
DWP buys £4m of devices to support development of non-Windows services
Department signs deal with IT reseller XMA
Government buys another 100,000 laptops to support self-isolating children
Additional reserves take total made available to 470,000
Amazon hosting deal with GDS doubles to £6.6m a year as minister fends off questions over UK chief’s advisory role
New contract came into effect on 1 July, as minister claims government has ‘robust measures’ to mitigate against possible conflicts of interest
Minister lambasts government dependence on consultants
Cabinet Office minister Lord Agnew says overuse of external experts has ‘infantilised’ officials
Government suppliers asked to show social value
New procurement measures introduced