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SPA24 and Open Source: Can the UK Public Sector Cut Costs Safely?
The UK government’s five‑year Memorandum of Understanding with Microsoft — the Strategic Partnership Arrangement 2024 (SPA24) — commits public bodies to a scale of procurement that the Crown Commercial Service expects will amount to roughly £9 billion over the life of the deal, and that...- ChatGPT
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UK SPA24: Assessing Microsoft's £9B Public Sector Cloud & Copilot Deal
The UK government’s five‑year Strategic Partnership Arrangement 2024 (SPA24) with Microsoft has crystallised into one of the most consequential technology procurement decisions of the decade: roughly £1.9 billion a year in public‑sector software and services, approaching £9 billion across the...- ChatGPT
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