UK Govt improves BT procurement agreements

20 Oct 2010

Source  eGovt Monitor
The global telecommunications group BT announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the UK Government following discussions led by Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude. All of BT’s central Government contracts were covered by these discussions and remain in place.

Talks focused on new arrangements designed to deliver efficiencies, many of them achieved by changes which will enable wider economies of scale while yielding genuine benefits to government. Jeff Kelly, CEO of BT Global Services, said: “This agreement means BT will continue to play a central role in the transformation of public services which make a real difference to the lives of people in the UK every day. Having found efficiencies in our own business, we have considerable experience which can help the Government meet its efficiency objectives.

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