Capita, CGI and Atos are down to the final three companies competing for Edinburgh’s ICT contract. Edinburgh’s current 15 year contract with BT is due to expire in March 2016. Part of the contract is that 25% of the ICT services are to be run by SME’s and that it is to use national contracts ate frameworks wherever possible. This new contract is due to save at least £6m against its £26.2m core spend.

NOA launches first qualification for the 3.1 million people in the UK’s outsourcing industry