Procurement

City council faces £216.5M loss over Oracle system debacle

Europe's largest local authority canceled expected savings baked into financial plans

Databases20 Aug 2024 | 106

UK.gov to chuck up to £5B to gang of back office software vendors

Framework deal set to run until 2029 as central govt transitions to new ERP SaaS model

Public Sector26 Jul 2024 | 14

Britain's Ministry of Defence accused of wasting £174M on 'external advice'

Morpheus comms system online by 2025? You must be dreaming

Public Sector24 Jun 2024 | 51

US senators propose guardrails for government AI purchases and operations

Bill proposes appointment of chief AI officers, privacy safeguards, and lots of testing

Public Sector13 Jun 2024 | 2

UK government faces £17.5M shortfall from UKCloud liquidation

Cabinet Office letter also reveals department lost money on unfinished database project

Public Sector29 Apr 2024 | 20

UK county council misses deadline for £7.3M RISE with SAP system launch

Gloucestershire reluctant to set new date in S/4HANA migration saga

PaaS + IaaS12 Apr 2024 | 15

Local councils struggle with ill-fitting software despite spending billions with suppliers

Even when tech crew gets the tweaks approved, vendor lead times are bonkers, says report

Public Sector05 Apr 2024 | 94

UK government sets sights on £8B tech procurement overhaul

Mega framework set to replace earlier deals coming to an end next year

Public Sector03 Apr 2024 | 16

Fujitsu set to be preferred bidder in UK digital ID scheme

Selection comes despite Japanese supplier's role in Post Office scandal

Software26 Mar 2024 | 107

Bank's struggle to replace Atos threw system back to dark ages

Costly project to switch supplier likely to continue into 2025, says watchdog

Software07 Mar 2024 | 20

Multiple billions up for grabs as UK government launches cloud services tenders

Two major procurement initiatives aim to beef up public sector tech

PaaS + IaaS26 Feb 2024 | 41

Fujitsu will not bid for UK.gov business until Post Office inquiry closes

Pause comes after controversial supplier wins another 9-figure deal paid for by taxpayers

Public Sector19 Jan 2024 | 52

Why do IT projects like the UK's scandal-hit Post Office Horizon end in disaster?

Kettle Lack of skills, funding, and scrutiny – pick three

Public Sector13 Jan 2024 | 133

Former Post Office boss returns CBE to sender over computer system scandal

Minister says Fujitsu could be 'on the hook' for compensation pending inquiry

Software10 Jan 2024 | 223

Fujitsu wins flood contract extension despite starring in TV drama about its failures

Deal expanded from £4.5M to £19.5M over 7 years as critics point to shortcomings

Software04 Jan 2024 | 41

Brit pensions scheme flushed £74M when it walked from Atos deal

Annual report reveals 'challenges' around 'commercial and risk appetite'

Public Sector03 Nov 2023 | 12

UK procurement is too glacial to bring AI into defense, MPs told

Projects take so long that tech is out of date before it enters service, industry says

Public Sector25 Sep 2023 | 17

UK courts award CGI £60M deal to keep ancient tech alive

Legacy – sorry 'heritage' – support contract includes case managements systems

Applications19 Sep 2023 | 4

Guess what? Ask clouds to behave like old-school vendors, they will – and you lose

Same salespeople and same lock-in, which may actually help this time

Cloud Infrastructure Month13 Sep 2023 | 7

Kyndryl bags short-lived HMRC mainframe contract

Tax collector's DALAS waits in wings to tackle humongous legacy estate

On-Prem08 Sep 2023 | 15

Out with Tech Services 3 and in with Tech Services 4 – UK govt's £12B shopping spree

Could be among the first to come under new procurement rules next year

PaaS + IaaS04 Sep 2023 | 7

NHS watchdog expresses vendor lock-in concerns over Federated Data Platform deal

Quango must show Palantir does not have unfair advantage in procurement

Databases29 Aug 2023 | 8

Southern Water to drink up tech deals worth up to £358M

Wide-ranging procurements hint at prospect of SAP ERP system replacement

PaaS + IaaS29 Aug 2023 | 26

UK health service has £1.5B to put toward Digital Workplace Solutions 2: Electric Boogaloo

Four-year deal set to start next summer

On-Prem24 Aug 2023 | 11

'There has never been a realistic plan' for UK's £11B Emergency Services Network

Commercial and technical risks yet to be addressed by Home Office, spending watchdog says

Networks14 Jul 2023 | 56

UK government's newest department to lead mega ERP procurement

Tender designed to bring together 48k users running Oracle, Microsoft and more into 1 SaaS system

Databases07 Jul 2023 | 19

Mega-data platform worth half a billion will suck in info from family doctors

UK officials argue NHS patient details will only be available locally

PaaS + IaaS23 Jun 2023 | 30

UK launches SKYNET – not a doomsday plot, just shopping for improved satellite comms

They really need to start branding these things better

Networks05 Jun 2023 | 14

Tiny Brit tech firms win spots on £1.84B public sector contract. Kidding, it's the usual suspects

Collective deal to cover software needs for every rung of government

Public Sector12 Apr 2023 | 23

UK govt adds £4B to value of delayed tech procurement

Hardware, software, kitchen sink: it's all in there

On-Prem13 Mar 2023 | 3

Government tech spending in England more than doubles in five years

Researchers see pandemic boom in computer-related tech spend

Government Tech Week11 Jan 2023 | 6

French JV wins contract to upgrade NHS Oracle finance system

After four years of talks, competition goes to incumbent supplier

Databases15 Dec 2022 | 1

FAA asks for vendor feedback on $10b tech contract

But keen to avoid any mf bespoke software on the mf planes (and other hardware)

Personal Tech22 Nov 2022 | 4

UK.gov finds billions in cash for big data contracts

Project two years in the making aims to improve public services... or what's left of them

Databases26 Oct 2022 | 20

UK govt launches multibillion procurement for tax agency application services

First chunk of mega-frameworks go to market

Applications11 Oct 2022 | 5

Japanese sushi chain boss resigns amid accusation of improper data access

Data theft stinks, says victim. Alleged perp claims he's getting a raw deal

Cyber-crime04 Oct 2022 | 15

Bank of England seeks partner to support Oracle Cloud implementation

After venturing into HCM, UK's central bank embarks on finance and procurement journey with Big Red

Applications22 Sep 2022 | 6

NHS data platform procurement delayed for a second time

Questions remain over Palantir's influence after consultancy role for former NHS England director revealed

Databases15 Sep 2022 | 29

UK's NHS goes to market for $2b HR and payroll system

Plans afoot to replace Oracle EBS/AIX system used by 1.8 million staff dating from 2008

PaaS + IaaS25 Aug 2022 | 24

$50m+ contract for crime-fighting IT system won by Fujitsu after no one else bid

Japanese giant will stop making mainframes four years later

Systems23 Aug 2022 | 29

UK government lines up billions to refresh legacy tech in 600-system tax dept

Let's hope DALAS procurement is a tad more sensible than its soap opera namesake

Systems16 Aug 2022 | 19

Philippines orders fraud probe after paying MacBook prices for slow Celeron laptops

Education Department planned to buy 70,000 laptops, blew its budget and bought just 40,000

Personal Tech16 Aug 2022 | 61

Accenture bags IT services contract for UK tax collector

Updated Award timing reveals further slippage in HMRC's mega procurement plan

On-Prem13 Jul 2022 | 7

UK's Ministry of Defence awards Boxxe multimillion Microsoft license deal

Contract seeks 'support with the renewal and running of Microsoft Enterprise Agreement'

Software12 Jul 2022 | 7

WCL bags UK government framework for 'everything ICT'

£800m contract focused on education sector will see subcontractors managed by consultant

On-Prem07 Jul 2022 | 4

UK's Post Office shells out for SAP software it thought it had

'Significantly under-licenced' but didn't factor in Customer Success Manager when dealing with reseller

Applications21 Jun 2022 | 15

Concerns that £360m data platform for NHS England is being set up to fail

Delays said to favor Palantir as health service seeks suppliers to support its top-down data revolution

Databases13 Jun 2022 | 43

UK police to spend tens of millions on legacy comms network kit

More evidence of where that half-a-billion-a-year cost of Emergency Services Network delay is going

Networks09 Jun 2022 | 25

UK Home Office awards Oracle a deal extension worth tens of millions

Fellow travelers in the Whitehall shared services journey await their SaaS move

SaaS07 Jun 2022 | 5

ServiceNow takes aim at procurement pain points

Purchasing teams are a bit like help desks – always being asked to answer dumb or inappropriate questions

SaaS25 May 2022 |

UK's state-owned bank launches hunt for core systems worth close to $1b

Go on, spoil yourself: NS&I to splurge on IT as Atos deal hits twilight years

On-Prem04 May 2022 | 17

Tech vendors to get 18-month insight into UK govt IT spending

Playbook on how to sell into market worth tens of billions

On-Prem29 Mar 2022 | 3

Capgemini wins £30m deal to work on UK customs

Delayed system 'vital component' of Brexit govt's enactment of the Northern Ireland Protocol

On-Prem07 Mar 2022 | 17

Desperately seeking SaaS: English council to replace Oracle R12

Big Red product to become more unstable, unreliable, and less secure after 20 years' use

Databases01 Mar 2022 | 9

Expect sales reps' calls if IT wants to ditch Oracle

Licensing and compliance issues advisor spills the beans

Databases15 Feb 2022 | 23

UK pins hopes on 'latest technology' to whittle down massive National Health Service waiting lists

£500m tech consultancy procurement in the offing

Software09 Feb 2022 | 95