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Fujitsu – integrator to the world

January 29, 2024 Ian Makgill No comments yet

There have been some excellent comments about the problems that the Post Office Horizon project has given Fujitsu. I found the articles published by Dai Vaughan and Mike Braken, both of Public.digital, to be useful. Both articles argue that there is a systemic problem with the way government engages technology firms.

That view appears to be backed up by the evidence submitted to the enquiry by an ex-employee of Fujitsu, which highlights poor development practices and a lack of testing for the product rollout.

If that’s true of other projects by Fujitsu, then plenty more governments should be concerned, since 2014 Fujitsu has been awarded over five thousand contracts with a total value of $57bn at an average value of $11.25m for each contract. There are at least $5.9bn of contracts between governments and Fujitsu that are still underway. Over $1.34bn of contracts are underway in the UK alone, including a £50m contract with Scottish Water that is due to run for another five years.

The question facing Fujitsu and others is not just whether their existing projects can be delivered to the professional standards that governments are expecting but whether historical contracts could be subject to review and reappraisal. A recent apology by Paul Patterson on behalf of Fujitsu might be enough to mollify MPs in the UK, but it might also open up questions about whether other governments might have cause to seek redress from Fujitsu for past failures.

This one will run and run.

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Ian Makgill – Founder, Open Opportunities Ian Makgill is the Founder and Managing Director of Open Opportunities, a leading organisation dedicated to transparency and open data in global public procurement. Ian has led the development of one of the world’s largest open datasets on government spending and contracting. The platform, born from his frustration with the inaccessibility of official procurement data, now hosts information on trillions of pounds in public expenditure and millions of tender documents. His work has been part of the Open Data Institute’s Start-Up Programme and is widely cited in UK open-data policy circles. Ian created Open Opportunities (OpenOpps.com)—the world’s largest repository of Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) tender notices, publishing over 10,000 new records per day and powering APIs used by the UK Department for International Trade and other organisations. His work has supported governments in the UK, South Africa, Brazil, Colombia and Indonesia, as well as international institutions including the OECD and the Inter-American Development Bank. Ian has advised governments from Colombia to Indonesia on how to implement and improve procurement data systems, to combat corruption, improve efficiency and reduce carbon. Beyond entrepreneurship, Ian is a recognised open-data researcher and advocate. He has contributed to landmark studies on procurement transparency, including for the Institute for Government and the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, and serves as an advisor to the Open Contracting Partnership. His analysis and commentary on open government and procurement reform have appeared in The Financial Times, The Times, The Telegraph, The Economist, and The Spectator. Academic and Research Contributions Ian has collaborated extensively with academic researchers on the economics and social impact of open data. His company’s datasets are regularly used in scholarly work on procurement transparency and corruption reduction. Ian has written and presented on the use of data to improve public procurement, he has a particular interest in using open data to reduce CO2 emissions. Ian sat on the UK Government’s Open Data User Group and continues to make the case for transparency in contracting and spending around the world.
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