Unpeeling the Fluff - Layer by Layer - Part 4
30 Million to Accenture UK Ltd for Digital Test Service Phase 3
In Failed Covid Contracts, we provided examples of contracts awarded to various bodies by sundry governmental agencies during the madness of 2020-21.
Failed Covid Contracts
On June 2, the UK’s HM Treasury published, to little media attention, a report revealing the multibillion-pound price British taxpayers paid for the reckless handling of Covid contracts.
We used Contract Finder, a helpful tool that identified nine of the most atypical contracts we could find. They all have some common features. High value, all together £249,283,153 of our money, lack of clarity as to what the tender was about, all issued during the panicky 2020-21 period and, most of all, lack of visible deliverables.
In other words: what did we get for a quarter of a billion? How did Joe or Jane Taxpayer benefit from all of this kerfuffle?
We crafted nine FOI requests related to the nine tenders, essentially asking the same question: what did we receive for our money?
This post is about a 2 year contract worth “£30,000,000 to £25,000,000” awarded to Accenture LTD in 2022. The contract is called Digital Test Service Phase 3
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