Capgemini UK has been awarded a contract to upgrade the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) enterprise resource planning (ERP) system over a two year period, in a contract valued at £6.3 million.

The upgrade programme will see Capgemini provide the latest software to the FCO, the upgrade will allow the ERP system to support a smaller and more flexible team designed to increase cost-savings.

Tim Gardner, FCO corporate services centre director, said: “With the change in approach to service delivery, this new deal with Capgemini will allow us to make significant cost savings, while ensuring systems continue to support a large number of government departments that reside on the overseas platform provided by the FCO.”

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