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Supporting its recent ‘Atos is back’ narrative (see *UKHotViewsExtra* Atos 'Genesis': Birthing a new beginning | TechMarketView), Atos has secured a four-year, £58 million contract with the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) for EUC Platform and Legacy Services, with an option for a fifth year extension. The contract started on 20th May 2025. The deal sees Atos continue as a key technology partner supporting business critical IT infrastructure across the England and Wales' justice system.
The contract builds on a relationship spanning over two decades, through which Atos has built considerable trust and continually developed its domain expertise. However, the scope has evolved considerably. Under this latest deal, Atos will provide a wide range of services including identity access management, technical infrastructure spanning centralised and distributed platform environments, storage, backup and recovery, and data centre services. The company will also manage a range of critical legacy applications. New elements include privilege access management (PAM) services and security incident management, reflecting the increasing focus on cybersecurity across government. Atos is working with a range of partners on the deal, including Tier 1 (IT hardware recycling), Genius Within (disability inclusion training), ANTZ UK (mentoring programme), WithYouWithMe (inclusive recruitment), and Next Tech Girls (work experience programme).
The £58 million value is notably lower than the EUCS FITS contract won in 2014, which had an initial £125 million value, but was subsequently extended by two years to end in February 2026 - see MoJ awards EUC Tower to Atos | TechMarketView) or the earlier ten-year, wide-ranging DISC (Development, Innovation & Support Contracts) arrangement. However, this reflects the MoJ's strategy – under the Evolve Programme - of bringing certain services, such as the End User Device service, in-house while using external suppliers for more complex undertakings requiring specialist expertise.
Atos has adapted well to this shift, evolving and transforming digitally enabled services for the organisation. During the pandemic, the company quickly implemented mobile court solutions when traditional court operations faced disruption. It also manages one of the largest Microsoft 365 tenants in central government, handling the technical complexity that comes with such scale.
The competitive procurement via the Tech Services 3 framework suggests that concerns about Atos's financial stability have largely been addressed. Throughout the company's recent restructuring process, service delivery for the MoJ continued without disruption, whilst Atos simultaneously supported the department's transition planning for services moving in-house.
This approach appears to have maintained client confidence. The contract includes headroom for additional work, suggesting the MoJ sees scope for the relationship to grow rather than simply maintaining existing services. For a firm that has weathered considerable financial turbulence, securing a significant competitive bid and with it, its long-standing relationship with MoJ, provides useful validation that the recovery story has substance.
Posted by: Georgina O'Toole at 09:45
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