The Cabinet Office has selected Atos Origin to provide
IT managed services for the Government Gateway under a £46.7m
contract.
The Government Gateway acts as a single point of entry for
services provided by organisations including HM Revenue and
Customs, the Department for Work and Pensions and local
authorities. It is a central part of Whitehall's Transformational
Government strategy.
Government chief information officer John Suffolk said, "The
Government Gateway is a key component of common infrastructure and
supports the public sector response to the ambitious challenge for
shared services set out in the Transformational Government
paper."
As part of the deal, Atos will work in partnership with
Microsoft as part of the Engage project team, which is responsible
for the Government Gateway. The Atos contract will initially run to
March 2011.
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