UK Department of Health's joint venture with Sopra Steria names 19 vendors to epic £1bn hardware framework

NHS Shared Business Services has awarded seats on a mega framework for computer hardware to a long list of suppliers in a deal worth up to £1bn. Working with North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC), the joint venture between the Department of Health and Sopra Steria has named 19 suppliers that can now …

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Sopra Steria is the same bunch of moneygrabbing wankers that runs the outsourced document scanning and biometrics capture service for the Home Office. "Well, Sir, we understand you'd like to renew your visa to stay with your children and job in the UK. Would you like an ultra-premium appointment with a coffee near where you live for £700, or would you like a free appointment in six weeks' time at 2am in Belfast? That's on top of the £2000 you just paid the Home Office, obviously..."

[NeilPost]

If you have NHS Shared Business Services and a North of England NHS Procurement Cooperative .... why the fuck do you need scum like Sopra Steria involved too .... skimming their wedge off the money pile ??

[Intractable Potsherd]

Sopra Steria always translates to Copra Phagia in my head...