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RSS outsourcing 4bnLeader: EDS back in spotlight with £4bn MoD deal
Leader EDS' victory in the bidding war for the Ministry of Defence's £4bn outsourcing contract to run the UK's armed forces' IT infrastructure is certain to set the cat among the pigeons in government IT circles. [02 Mar 2005]
Update: EDS scoops £4bn MoD outsourcing contract
News The EDS-led Atlas consortium has won the £4bn Ministry of Defence (MoD) Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) outsourcing contract, one of the biggest outsourcing deals ever. Ahead of today's announcement, the National Outsourcing Association... [02 Mar 2005]
EDS set to land £4bn deal to run UK defence IT?
News EDS is reported to be on the verge of landing the £4bn outsourcing deal to run the UK's defence and armed forces IT infrastructure for the next 10 years. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has targeted £174m in efficiency savings through the Defence... [28 Feb 2005]
CSC wins $500m US Army missile systems deal
News CSC is also still in the running for the UK Ministry of Defence's (MoD) lucrative £4bn Defence Information Infrastructure IT outsourcing project. CSC has signed a deal with the US Army worth $500m if the full 10-year options are exercised. [06 Jan 2005]
D-day looms for £4bn defence IT contract
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) will take delivery of the "best and final" bids for its £4bn 10-year IT outsourcing deal on Friday. The lengthy procurement process for the armed forces' Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) project now goes down... [25 Nov 2004]
MoD targets £174m savings from £4bn IT deal
News The Ministry of Defence's (MoD) is targeting cost savings of £174m over the first three years of its £4bn IT outsourcing deal, which is due to be awarded early next year. The 10-year Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) project is being... [01 Nov 2004]
'ICL' back from the dead
News Fujitsu Services is also still in the running for the £4bn Ministry of Defence outsourcing contract in a consortium with EDS, HP and IBM. When the ICL brand disappeared in 2002 to become Fujitsu Services, it was tinged with some sadness. [09 Jul 2004]
IBM, Telstra sign £551m outsourcing deal with Qantas
News Qantas has announced multi-year information technology outsourcing deals worth AU$1.4 billion (£551m) with Telstra and IBM Global Services. The airline told the Australian Stock Exchange today it had closed an AU$750 million (£295m), seven-year... [17 May 2004]
£4bn MoD deal down to two bidders
News Lockheed is said to have lost interest as the MoD's service delivery contract became more of an outsourcing deal. Two consortia have made today's deadline for bids for the tough 10-year, £4bn MoD DII (Defence Information Infrastructure) contract. [05 Apr 2004]
Leader: Outsourcing ends year on a high
Leader December has been something of a defining period for outsourcing this year with a raft of major deal announcements and significant developments in the bidding process for others. First the winners: the widely predicted trend towards offshore... [18 Dec 2003]
IBM out of £4bn MoD contract race
News IBM has been dropped by the Ministry of Defence in the bidding for its £4bn 10-year outsourcing contract. The IBM-led consortium of BAE Systems, Computacenter, Steria, NTL and Echelon was one of four bids for the lucrative Defence Information... [17 Dec 2003]
Lockheed Martin takes off with $600m Air Force deal
News The company is currently in the running for the UK Ministry of Defence's £4bn IT outsourcing contract and recently withdrew from the bidding for the NHS' 'data spine' project, which is now due to be unveiled next week. [27 Nov 2003]
NHS bidder blow is no crisis
Comment Lockheed does not have the resources of the top service providers like IBM, EDS and CSC and so bidding for the NHS programme at the same time as it is bidding for the £4bn MoD outsourcing contract would probably have stretched it too thin. [01 Sep 2003]
Dell turns to services
News The PC manufacturer has pulled together many of its point services into four broader service packages as part of the Dell Managed Services brand, ranging from consulting to full desktop outsourcing. Managed deployment will offer services around... [29 Aug 2003]
Why did taxman really dump BT outsourcing alliance?
News CSC's talks to buy Schlumberger's European IT services arm may have influenced the Inland Revenue's decision to dump the BT-led Fusion Alliance from the bidding for its £4bn outsourcing contract, according to a leading IT services industry expert. [21 Jul 2003]
