HP secures £320m embassy deal
29 August 2012
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is to spend £320 million on an IT project for British embassies and High Commissions across the world.
The seven-year deal, finalised on 16 February, will see Hewlett-Packard (HP) work with in-house IT provider FCO Services on the Future Firecrest project.
“The contract is the largest ever signed by the FCO and is the first time the department has formed a genuine partnership with the private sector,” said Andrew Mitchell, programme director for Future...