MoD ICT shakeup: New contracts awarded

It’s only been 15 months since Mike Stone was appointed as CIO at the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD). And it’s fair to say he’s made a pretty big splash already. His influence is highlighted again today by the announcement of two new ICT contracts.

The first is a ‘contract reset’ of the previously agreed DII(F) contract extension with the HP-led Atlas Consortium. The contract entitled ‘New Style of IT’ (‘NSoIT’) is worth £933m. The second contract, entitled Global Connectivity, will replace BT’s existing Defence Fixed Telecommunications Services (DFTS) contract, which runs until July 2016. In a massive coup for Fujitsu, it has been named as the new provider, under a deal worth £550m over five years.

TechMarketView subscribers can read more detail on the deals, as well as our view on the influence of new CIO Mike Stone, in UKHotViewsExtra. If you are not yet a subscriber, please contact Deb Seth.

Posted by Georgina O'Toole at '21:58' - Tagged: publicsector   contract   defence   infrastructure