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ID Card Scheme Falling Behind ScheduleGood news ... From The roll-out of the Government's controversial identity card scheme is set to be delayed by a Home Office failure to begin the procurement process on schedule.
The Sunday Telegraph has learnt that the process of allocating contracts to private companies to build and manage the ID card scheme was due to begin towards the end of this month. However, the starting date has now been put back to September at the earliest.
A senior executive at one company that has already expressed an interest in carrying out work on the programme said: "We still know nothing about what the Home Office requires of us.
"The private sector was expecting the tendering process to have started by now. But that is looking extremely unlikely. The longer we wait, the more unlikely it will be that the Government meets its timetable for the programme
And see also http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/06/bleak_outlook_for_govit/ Most government organisation's IT outsourcing (ITO) projects are "doomed before they begin", according to new research.
Government organisations and suppliers are not aligned when it comes to interpreting and agreeing IT outsourcing objectives, says PA Consulting Group's 2005/06 Understanding Misunderstanding survey, released today. |
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