The UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) have awarded a five year £40 million service management contract to BAE Systems Detica, which will see the information services provider delivering end-to-end IT services to the department.

The contract will see BAE Detica manage the FCO’s suppliers while implementing efficiency savings, as the department looks to reduce ICT costs by 40 per cent, and improve on existing user experiences.

The conclusion of the tendering process comes after BAE was selected as the preferred bidder for the program in the first quarter of 2013. The programme is due to go live in spring 2014.

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