The UK government has moved to develop an applications framework covering a range of services.

The Government Procurement Service (GPS) is looking to develop a two year framework agreement for a range of enterprise level application services.

Support and maintenance services included in the framework will cover vendors including the likes of Oracle, SAP and IBM and will provide a third-party alternative to public sector services when existing application software contracts expire.

The tender for the framework specifies five suppliers covered by four different lots and will include the option for extension.

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