HMRC New Contracting Model Challenge...
MPs have said UK tax authorities face “an enormous challenge” in moving over to a new contracting model for IT services and they have “little confidence that HMRC can successfully achieve this transition”, according to this article in Supply Management. Some interesting comments from the Public Accounts Committee regarding high value government contracts; and for us, raising some thoughts about what it might mean for IT Procurement and Vendor Management Services and Recruitment in relation to high value public sector contracts.In a report the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said the current Aspire contract, the government’s largest IT contract, was due to expire in 2017 to be replaced with short-term deals with multiple suppliers.The PAC said HMRC decided three years ago to move to a new contracting model but it only plans to publish a business case in the spring, leaving only two years to “engage the market, recruit the skills and procure and manage the transition of the services it will need... To read more in Supply Management....