This is the fifth instalment of a new weekly feature analysing the UK’s biggest public sector IT deals. In partnership with data analysis firm Tussell, we drill down into the top ten most valuable tenders and awards from the previous week, and take stock of which tech firms have won the biggest share of the public sector pie.
Top 10 biggest tenders
The biggest tender of the week comes from Viridian. The Irish energy firm wants to appoint a contractor to provide an IT managed service across its business and it is offering up to £65m to the winning bidder. Suppliers have until 14 May to apply.
| Contracting Authority | Contract Title | Date Published | Bid Deadline | Framework | Tender Value (High) |
| Viridian Group | IT Managed Services Reference number: VG18001 | 02/03/18 | 14/05/18 | N | £65,000,000 |
| Herefordshire Council | The Marches and Gloucestershire Viable Clusters Broadband Project (MGVCBP) | 01/03/18 | 10/05/18 | N | £11,000,000 |
| Ministry of Defence | For the Provision of Configuration Accounting Services for Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Surface Ships | 04/03/18 | 09/04/18 | N | £10,000,000 |
| Gloucestershire County Council | Microsoft Enterprise Licence Agreement Renewal | 27/02/18 | 09/03/18 | Y | £2,000,000 |
| Birmingham Ormiston Academy | 18/02 — Support Management System Platform | 03/03/18 | 12/04/18 | Y | £1,900,000 |
| The University of Manchester | Security Operations Centre (SOC) Services | 28/02/18 | 03/04/18 | N | £1,200,000 |
| Leicestershire Constabulary | IT Health-check PSN & ICCS | 27/02/18 | 20/03/18 | N | £1,000,000 |
| Department of Finance & Personnel (Northern Ireland) | CFT1410709 — DoF — ESS DSS IT Assist — Ivanti Support and Maintenance Contract | 28/02/18 | 04/04/18 | N | £994,395 |
| Swindon Borough Council | Regulatory & Statutory Services Case Management System (RSSCMS) ITT | 01/03/18 | 16/04/18 | N | £840,000 |
| De Montfort University | Provision of a Data Archiving Solution | 26/02/18 | 04/04/18 | N | £670,000 |
Top 10 biggest suppliers
Top 10 biggest awards
Fujitsu is both the biggest supplier of the week and the winner of the biggest award. The Home Office has contracted the Japanese firm to supply a Biometric Matcher Service as part of a broader £55m project. The system will let immigration and law enforcement agencies check biometric information, such as fingerprints, against a database. The contract is worth £28m over five years.
| Contracting Authority | Supplier | Contract Title | Data Awarded | Framework | Award / Framework Value |
| Home Office | Fujitsu | Home Office Biometric Matcher Platform and associated Services – Lot 1 | 21/02/18 | N | £28,000,000 |
| Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs | Capgemini | Service Desk and Service Management | 31/01/18 | N | £10,222,000 |
| Business Services Organisation | Intuitive Surgical Sàrl | Robot Assisted Surgery for Radical Retropubic Prostratectomy Surgery | 28/02/18 | N | £10,000,000 |
| LLW Repository Ltd | ATOS | Provision of ICT Services | 01/02/18 | N | £5,604,000 |
| Department of Health | PA Consulting | Provision of National Institute for Health Research Information Systems Function | 31/08/17 | N | £5,009,000 |
| HM Revenue & Customs | Esynergy Solutions | Delivery of HMRC Cloud Platform Services | 31/01/18 | N | £4,600,000 |
| Ministry of Defence | IBM | Provision of Resources to Provide Critical Support to the HRMS and Payroll Services | 29/09/17 | Y | £4,320,834 |
| Department of Health | Insight Direct | Back Office and Front Office Hardware and Software | 15/06/17 | N | £4,093,450 |
| East of England Broadband Network | Think IT | ICT, Cloud, Support and Related Services | 22/02/18 | Y | £4,000,000 |
| Department of Health | Microsoft | CSIPS Implementation | 02/06/17 | N | £2,500,000 |