SCC has won a £91 million IT software and services contract extension with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). The deal takes its partnership with the UK’s tax, payments, and customs authority to 12 years.
The five year deal, with the option of an additional two years, extends the original five year CDP (Customs Declaration Processing) contract, signed in 2016, to 2028. It sees SCC, Europe’s biggest independent technology solutions provider, partner with IBM to deliver a range of software and services.
These include software licences and software licence support services, Declaration Management Service (DMS) licences and DMS support services and updated licences for next-gen requirements and additional modules. It will also provide Professional Services and development & additional technical requirements in support of the development of CDP, and well as scaling & non-functional requirement project deliverables.
The contract strengthens SCC’s presence across Central Government, where it works for customers including the Home Office, Ministry of Defence (MOD) and HM Land Registry.
Richard Reader, head of public sector at SCC, said the contracts “demonstrates SCC’s commitment to service excellence, despite challenging conditions created by the pandemic.
“Transforming to a digital landscape is the ambition of all government departments, and we are already helping customers on their digital transformation journey by architecting technical solutions, designing and running transformation programmes, and underpinning the resulting services through our network of Service Centres.”
DCMS contract for Arqit
In separate contract news, DCMS has selected in quantum encryption technology firm Arqit Quantum to develop a wideband solution for 5G cellular Open RAN platforms.
Funded as part of the DCMS and the Future RAN Competition (FRANC), the project, in which Arqit is a partner, aims to democratise radio access networks (RANs) in order to end vendor lock-in and improve flexibility, affordability, and interoperability. These are all key points in the UK fovernment’s recently-announced plan to see 35 percent of UK cellular traffic carried over Open RAN architectures by 2030.
The project will see Arqit working alongside other partners to secure a new wideband solution for 5G cellular Open RAN platforms.
