Spotting opportunities in the UK public sector market

In November 2011 the Chancellor announced yet more cuts to UK public sector budgets, taking money out of the public purse into 2016-17. Central government ICT contracts remain subject to strict scrutiny by the Cabinet Office and the £100m cap on IT projects is still in place. There is no denying that the UK public sector market is a challenging one for suppliers at the moment, and it is set to remain so for the foreseeable future.

But look closely and you’ll find there are still opportunities across the sector – whether that’s from ‘new’ IT and business process outsourcing deals as public sector organisations look to cut costs, as a result of investment in government priorities such as cyber security, or from ‘taking someone else’s lunch’ when contracts come up for renewal. In the second of two reports published today, our PublicSectorViews research team highlights key areas of opportunity across the public sector. ‘Public Sector Contract Opportunities: 2012 and beyond’ provides details of contracts worth more than £2.6b per annum in total that are likely to come up for renewal or go out to tender between now and 2015. We consider it essential reading for any supplier hoping to grow their UK public sector software and IT services (SITS) or business process services (BPS) business in the near term.

PublicSectorViews subscribers can download the report from today. If you’re not yet a subscriber and you’d like to learn more, please email Deborah Seth for details.

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