Fujitsu won Foreign Office contract despite concerns

Fujitsu won a £184m government contract in 2021 despite concerns from officials that the system it was offering was likely to be "Unfit for purpose". Court documents reveal the Foreign Office had originally wanted to rehire Vodafone for the contract to supply communications equipment. Fujitsu was one of three companies bidding for a Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office contract in 2021 to replace a system of secure electronic communications connecting civil servants and diplomats across 532 sites in more than 170 countries. MPs from across the House of Commons have questioned why Fujitsu has continued to win government contracts despite a High Court judge ruling in 2019 that its Horizon system serving the Post Office contained "Bugs, errors and defects". Mr Bracken, who founded the Government Digital Service before setting up consultancy Public Digital, said governments would be better off "starting small" with pilot projects and having shorter contracts.

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