A new deal
13 September 2012
With IT at the heart of new government policies, the Office of Government Commerce has issued fresh guidance to public procurement specialists. Belinda Doshi explains
The profile of public-sector IT procurement has never been higher than in the last three years. New IT projects have been central to government policy, from NHS reforms to the identity card programme. This focus is likely to continue regardless of who wins the next election, when IT will be increasingly relied upon to deliver the £21 billion of efficiency savings...