The Home Office said it will save £100 million after
extending IT contracts with Fujitsu and Atos Origin.
The £430 million agreement, which was not put out to tender,
will extend previous contracts to 2016.
Helen Kilpatrick, HO Director General, Financial and Commercial,
said: "By working collaboratively, we have been able to re-engineer
the existing contracts in record time."
Fujitsu will receive £330 million to provide new hardware and
technical support to an estimated 24,000 users, representing about
70 per cent of the Home Office.
Atos Origin will receive £100 million for supplying the
application software.
The Home Office is demanding greater accountability from its IT
suppliers under the Next Generation Information, Systems and
Technology Transformation (NGISTT) programme.
The Home Office said it would make savings under the new
contracts by streamlining IT services, reducing log-in times and
enabling Home Office staff to work more flexibly.
Fujitsu and Atos Origin were asked by the government to work
together to help achieve these goals as part of the Extend and
Blend project.