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21 Apr, 4 tweets, 2 min read
BREAKING:

Data analytics firm Palantir Technologies wins a new £1.2bn framework agreement published yesterday and awarded by the Crown Commercial Service.
contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/8d7bebf…
Palantir is featured as one of 31 companies funded to help Crown Commercial Service, the largest public sector procurement portal in the UK, establish a contracting route for “Back Office Software” to be used by central government departments and all other UK Public Sector bodies Image
The contract began on 6th April 2021, and will run until 6th October 2023 with a 30 month agreement with the option to extend for a further 18 months, and the new back office software will be deployed among the following public sector bodies looking to purchase software from CCS: Image
@allthecitizens have been keeping track of Palantir's expansion into the public sector for some time, originally mapping over £91m (now £93m+ excluding this new framework agreement) awarded to the company by the British government since 2009:

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