so what can you do?
Well, HMRC, you could start by sorting out the £12k or so of excess taxes you owe me...
UK tax collector Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs is looking to have a friendly chat with tech vendors as part of its plan to contract £23.1bn in "mobility services". The "pre-market engagement exercise" launched this week is designed to help understand what the market could provide in terms of "Mobility and Workplace Services …
Are they now ?
From where I'm sitting, it looks like you're still throw money on the bonfire.
You don't need billions of pounds to refine procedures and make processes more efficient. What on Earth are you expecting for that amount of money ? Replace all laptops with 5G versions and replace all server equipment with brand new high-end servers ?
£23.1bn? £900m IT Budget?
Baroness Harding has raised the bar with respect to blowing away money on IT projects, and the "usual suspect" recipients of government contracts would be expecting to trouser that much more. Double or triple those figures for good measure. And factor in something for paying the lawyers for when the wrangling starts well before delivery
https://find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004966-2021
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £23,100,000,000
"Suppliers should assume that TUPE will apply, further details will be released during the full tender process. Prior TUPE experience is important as there will likely be a significant level of TUPE transition of resources from the existing supplier managing these environments to new arrangements."
So, that's what "mobility" stands for
Let me guess.
The usual suspect cloud vendors will propose solving it via the cloud.
The usual suspect software vendors will propose solving it with their software.
The usual suspect consultants will propose solving it with their expertise.
And HMRC divide the pot among them. And start over in a few years when nothing works.