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Crown Commercial Services has told 33 suppliers they have tentatively made it onto the pan-public sector Technology Products framework estimated to be worth between £4bn to £6bn over its tenure. Technology Products, initially labelled as IT Products and Services when programme specs were released in January, is a direct …

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  1. gerryg

    And how much of this is from open source providers?

    And not Microsoft Windows based?

    c.f: UK government plans switch from Microsoft Office to open source

    But luckily UK government officially adopts Open Document Format

    However, as El Reg predicted: UK.gov's Open Source switch WON'T get rid of Microsoft, y'know

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  2. AlanT1

    Just what does it cover?

    It is hard to grasp what this is all about given the track history of cock ups the UK public sector embarks on where contracts and technology is involved. Just what are the types of services covered?

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    1. BearishTendencies
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      Re: Just what does it cover?

      You name it, it covers it. Cash cow for CCS but no real assessment of value.

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    2. TheDarkSide
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      Re: Just what does it cover?

      Actually this framework covers product sales in both hardware and software including high security products. There are no services included in the scope of Technology Products, these have been included in Technology Services.

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      1. BearishTendencies
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        Re: Just what does it cover?

        So just about anything with no real assessment of value then....

        Lovely old approved supplier list.

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