HM Treasury has awarded the first contract for its 2015 ICT programme to SME supplier Centerprise International.

The contract will cover a four-year period with Centerprise providing support, upgrade and maintenance services to a variety of applications and services including, wirelesses networks, video services, and conference technology.

The selection of Centerprise comes as part of the government’s SME procurement imitative which seeks to increase SME service uptake by government departments by simplifying the public sector procurement processes.

Karen Delafield, HM Treasury's CIO, said: "I am looking forward to the prospect of working with Centerprise International. This is just the first step towards changing the way IT works at HM Treasury. It is also the first step in implementing the government's new approach to IT, including the more common use of direct contracts with SME partners."

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