Policy · 1h ago
UK Home Office awards £28M to immigration IT incumbents after procurement delay
The UK Home Office has awarded £28 million in continuity support contracts to incumbent IT suppliers after a £336 million replacement deal was delayed by over a year. The procurement process faced legal challenges, forcing the department to extend existing systems. This highlights ongoing inefficiencies in government tech procurement and reliance on legacy systems.
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The Home Office's costly stopgap underscores how procurement disputes can stall modernization, leaving taxpayers funding outdated IT.
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