October saw a series of UK public sector technology contract announcements spanning application management, NHS digital infrastructure, artificial intelligence, cloud transformation and fraud prevention.
Among the largest was a contract worth up to £350 million between the Metropolitan Police Service and Atos, while NHS England awarded CGI three technology services contracts with a combined value of £76.16 million.
Elsewhere, the Insolvency Service selected Quantexa to strengthen its use of data and AI in tackling economic crime, while Staffordshire County Council appointed Mastek for an Oracle Cloud transformation programme.
Atos secures £350 million Metropolitan Police contract
Atos announced in October that it had secured a six-year contract worth up to £350 million with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to provide application management and related technology services.
Under the agreement, Atos will deliver service management, application management and application security services across the MPS technology estate, with the option to extend the contract for a further two years.
The agreement also gives the MPS the option to expand the scope to include managed cloud and digital workplace services.
Atos will provide end-to-end service management and maintain key business applications, with a focus on availability, resilience, performance and security.
Jamie Hewitt, director of digital product delivery at the Metropolitan Police Service, said: “Our collaboration with Atos will provide a stable digital foundation for our officers and staff, supporting the ongoing modernisation and simplification of our application landscape and driving greater efficiency and effectiveness across the technology that underpins frontline policing.”
CGI secures £76 million in NHS England technology contracts
NHS England awarded CGI IT UK three technology services contracts during October, with a combined reported award value of £76.16 million.
The largest is a £47.66 million contract for the enablement phase of the Transforming and Connecting Care Technology Delivery Service programme.
Under the agreement, CGI will act as an interim technology partner, supporting the establishment of secure, scalable and interoperable national digital infrastructure.
The contract runs from 2 November 2026 to 1 November 2027 and was awarded through a framework agreement.
CGI also secured an £18 million contract for NHS England’s Data & Analytics Platform Run & Maintain services, alongside a £10.5 million IT Operations Centre contract.
Both of these awards were recorded in October, bringing the combined value of the three agreements to £76.16 million.
Aire Logic wins £28.5 million NHS England digital delivery contract
NHS England also awarded Aire Logic a £28.5 million contract to provide digital delivery services.
The Digital Delivery Partner 2 agreement covers DevOps, digital service definition, build and transition, end-to-end delivery and data management services.
The two-year contract runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2028 and was awarded through a framework call-off.
Quantexa selected to tackle economic crime for Insolvency Service
The Insolvency Service appointed Quantexa for a three-year, multi-million-pound partnership to strengthen its use of data and AI in investigating financial wrongdoing.
The agreement will see the agency deploy Quantexa’s Decision Intelligence Platform, including entity resolution and knowledge graph capabilities, to connect information held on people, companies, addresses and transactions.
The technology is intended to help investigators identify connections between cases involving money laundering, business phoenixing and fraud linked to Covid-19 support loans.
The Insolvency Service will retain control of its data and enforcement decisions, with explainable scoring and audit trails designed to allow investigators to trace findings back to the underlying evidence.
Duncan Beach, chief executive of the Insolvency Service, said: “It means that our skilled investigators will be able to use technology to find the hidden links between cases much more quickly than they could do alone.”
The exact contract value was not disclosed.
Mastek selected for Staffordshire County Council Oracle Cloud transformation
Staffordshire County Council selected Mastek to deliver an Oracle Cloud transformation programme spanning finance, procurement, human resources and payroll.
Mastek will use its ADOPT AI platform to support the implementation of Oracle Cloud as a single integrated platform for the council’s corporate services.
The programme is intended to consolidate legacy systems, standardise back-office processes, strengthen data governance and reduce manual administrative work.
The council also wants its new corporate systems to support future organisational change, including preparations for local government reorganisation.
Pete Shakespear, director of Finance and Resources at Staffordshire County Council, said: “As we continue to evolve our operating model and prepare for future organisational change, it is important that our corporate systems are modern, efficient and capable of supporting long-term transformation.”
Mastek said it was selected following a competitive procurement process. No contract value or duration was disclosed in its 8 October announcement.
Scrumconnect appointed to support NHSBSA AI adoption
The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) appointed Scrumconnect to provide AI adoption and implementation services following a competitive tender process.
Under the engagement, Scrumconnect’s data and AI consultants will work alongside NHSBSA delivery teams to establish guidelines for the safe and ethical use of AI, introduce practical AI tools to support service delivery and provide training to help the organisation operate its AI systems.
NHSBSA provides platforms and services supporting the NHS, government and local health economies, with more than £100 billion of NHS expenditure flowing through its systems annually.
Fay Cooper, portfolio director at Scrumconnect, said: “Using AI responsibly in public services depends on setting clear boundaries around how it should be used, and making sure that people can use it with confidence.”
No contract value or duration was disclosed.
Herefordshire Council agrees £3.4 million Access Group contract
Herefordshire Council approved a five-year contract worth £3.4 million with The Access Group for software supporting its services.
The agreement covers Mosaic, Synergy, Abacus and Core+ systems, including hosting arrangements.
The contract runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2031 and was awarded directly through Lot 12 of the Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation’s YPO 1095 Health and Social Care Software Systems framework.
Salesforce outlines plans for £2 billion HMRC CRM programme
Salesforce provided further details in October of its enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) agreement with HM Revenue & Customs, which was covered in September’s procurement roundup.
The agreement, worth up to £2 billion over a maximum 15-year period, will see HMRC consolidate legacy CRM systems onto a single platform supporting services for more than 34 million individual taxpayers and five million businesses.
Salesforce said the implementation will use its Agentforce, Public Sector Solutions, Marketing Cloud and Data 360 technologies to provide HMRC staff with connected customer information, automated workflows and AI-assisted support.
UK decision-intelligence company Quantexa will also participate in the deployment, providing technology to connect data and identify patterns associated with fraud.
Salesforce has committed to allocating 15 percent of its professional advisory services work under the programme to UK small and medium-sized enterprises.
