Transport for London (TFL) has chosen 12 suppliers to be included in its IT solutions framework. The group consists mostly of large organisations who have previously worked for the government, such as Sopra Steria, CSC, Atos, BAE, Capita, Deloitte and CGI.

According to TfL CIO Steve Townsend, its “information management team undertook a major review of how IT services were delivered across the organisation with the aim of providing more effective services that add value to the operating businesses". The framework will provide the “project teams with a pre-approved list of suppliers who can bid for a particular category of work”.

The framework is valued between £80m and £95m, and will last for two years. Services to be provided include business change, consultancy and advice, cyber security, design, implementation, project delivery and project management services.

Only one of the chosen providers, Keytree, is considered an SME – Keytree’s achieved a turnover of £17.5m in 2014 – causing complains that the government has contradicted its 2011 pledge to conduct 25 per cent of its business with SMEs.

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