This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. Every Monday, in partnership with data analysis firm Tussell, we drill down into the most valuable tenders and awards from the last seven days. Here’s what we found this week…

Top five tenders

The Financial Conduct Authority has issued the biggest tender of the week: a framework valued at up to £150m for cloud-computing and technology resourcing. Prospective suppliers have been invited to apply to be listed on the framework, which will remain open for four years, by 18 February.

Authority	Contract Title	Date Published	Bid Deadline	Framework	Tender Value (High)
Financial Conduct Authority	Cloud and Technology Resourcing and Outcomes Framework	18/01/19	18/02/19	Y	£150,000,000
Jisc Services Limited	Network Equipment Framework Agreement	15/01/19	11/02/19	Y	£120,000,000
Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation	Security and Surveillance Systems	18/01/19	26/02/19	Y	£60,000,000
British Broadcasting Corporation	Resource Scheduling Solution	15/01/19	15/02/19	N	£8,000,000
Ministry of Defence	Codification Information Services	17/01/19	17/02/19	N	£800,000

Prior Information Notices

It might not be the biggest PIN of the week, but it is arguably the most eye-catching; Transport for London is overhauling its iBus project – the open data system that provides real-time information about the location of buses – and is undertaking a feasibility study to “assess potential options for replacing” the existing operation.

Contracting Authority	Contract Title	Date Published	Framework	Estimated PIN Value
Supply Chain Coordination Limited	Medical IT Software and Hardware Solutions	15/01/19	Y	£640,000
Transport for London	London Intelligent Bus: Second Generation (iBus 2)	09/01/19	N	N/A

Top five awards

BT has won one of the biggest awards of the week: a £9m contract to supply hard-to-reach areas of Wales with superfast broadband. In a notice, the government said: “The potential value of the project is up to £200m, of which £62m of funding has been confirmed, and up to an additional £138m of project funding may be available.”

Contracting Authority	Supplier	Contract Title	Date Awarded	Framework	Award / Framework Value
Northern Ireland Water	Magdalene Telecom Limited	Operation and Maintenance of Voice, Data, Radio Networks and Associate Infrastructure	11/12/18	N	£13,000,000
Welsh Government	BT	Next Generation Access Broadband Wales	11/01/19	N	£9,256,012
Financial Conduct Authority	Xactium Limited	“Delivering Effective Supervision” (DES) program	31/08/18	N	£7,524,000
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council	BT	Superfast South Yorkshire Broadband Contract for the Provision of Deployed Services	03/12/18	N	£6,000,000
Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency	Capgemini	Enquiries Squad	10/10/18	N	£4,797,150