Nice earner for Infosys

[ladymuck]

https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/16/hmrc_dalas

The UK government's commercial wing has begun to set up a contracting agreement set to be worth up to £4.5 billion ($5.4 billion) for application software services supporting the nation's tax collector.

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A procurement notice said the multibillion-pound spending figure – the top limit of what may be available under the contracts – would be spread over four years, beginning from July 2023. The budget sets a maximum of £1.125 billion ($1.4 billion) in spending under the contract for each financial year.

"The framework will provide a commercial vehicle to replace existing contractual arrangements that are due to expire between September 2023 and January 2025, and will provide the basis for letting a large proportion of HMRC future application services requirements," it says.

The mega-contract will be the responsibility of the minister for the Cabinet Office, currently paymaster general Michael Ellis.

The procurement program, dubbed Digital and Legacy Application Services, or DALAS, is intended to "provide a strategic gateway to support the delivery of future application services and move HMRC toward an application services support model that is less dependent upon legacy technologies," the notice said.

[vetran]

I shot JR!

[tazdevil]

HMRC has one of the largest and most complex IT estates in Europe with over 600 systems, 800 terabytes of data, 1,000 IT changes a month and a 24/7 IT operation.

If they mean code changes I beat that although the other numbers aren't as impressive with only a few systems, not so much data but also 24/7 IT operation effectively How does such a small amount of IT change require so many billions

[Paddy]

If they mean code changes I beat that although the other numbers aren't as impressive with only a few systems, not so much data but also 24/7 IT operation effectively How does such a small amount of IT change require so many billions

[WTFH]

How does such a small amount of IT change require so many billions

If you were a senior member of the government whose father in law was the chairman of the company that was awarded the contract, you'd know the answer to that question.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Much slowness and plenty expensiveness?

[SueEllen]

They are all going to have to be done in the UK.

So Infosys or whoever needs to find enough UK based bums on seats to do the work.

[ladymuck]

They are all going to have to be done in the UK.

So Infosys or whoever needs to find enough UK based bums on seats to do the work.

Well that's no barrier

To qualify for a Skilled Worker visa, you must:

• work for a UK employer that’s been approved by the Home Office

Dishy appoints a crony into the HO (can't remember which way Priti Awful is leaning) and job's a goodun

[northernladuk]

Much slowness and plenty expensiveness?

You aint kidding there. Not seen the figures from these offshore setups for quite a long time now but got one last month for a 24x7 first line offering. Just 1 person to be available at anytime so obviously needs multiple bodies to cover the time and the quote has come back as a little more than we had budgetted for taking the people on to do it ourselves. Also a caveat at the bottom about a management wrap so expect there is more to add to that. It seems it's not a cheap option anymore but I'll bet the quality hasn't gone up though. Gotta say I was pretty shocked.

[SueEllen]

Well that's no barrier



Dishy appoints a crony into the HO (can't remember which way Priti Awful is leaning) and job's a goodun

While we do actually need more young people to live here I hope their children aren't like Rish! or Priti.