Treasury Hands Out £6.9 Million Contract to Find Cloud Software – Guido Fawkes

Treasury Hands Out £6.9 Million Contract to Find Cloud Software

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Government officials have been told to find the 20% of spending within their departments they think to be ‘lowest priority’ as Reeves tries paper over the £9.9 billion fiscal headroom that’s quickly been evaporating. UK DOGE offered the government some help on that one…

DOGE’s The Waste Files has identified that the Treasury is spending £6.9 million on for “provisions of cloud software.” The contract, running until 2026, has been awarded to Berkshire-based IT firm Qliktech UK, which sources services from online storage space providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud. Forking out for a middleman rather than purchasing cloud services directly from the supplier…

For that, you could:

• Hire 273 army privates.
• Hire 230 junior nurses.
• Buy 230,000 army ration pack.

The taxpayer may have a view on which should be prioritised. UK DOGE recommends costs are cut here…