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Recommendation 23
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Government is improving efforts to leverage public sector buying power for digital services.
Conclusion
The State of digital government review reported that government is not doing enough to ensure the public sector benefits from the scale of its buying power.56 The Cabinet Office and DSIT told us they are working to tackle this, giving as an example a recent agreement reached with 48 Q 15 49 Q 41 50 Q 29 51 DSIT, State of digital government review, January 2025, pp 34–35 52 UAIG0014, UAIG0028, UAIG0033, UAIG0034, UAIG0036 53 UAIG0031, UAIG0034 54 Qq 8, 22 55 Q 9 56 DSIT, State of digital government review, January 2025, p 35 16 Microsoft to offer discounted products to every part of the public sector.57 The Cabinet Office described this as “quite groundbreaking”.58 In A blueprint for digital government, DSIT has also committed to developing a sourcing and procurement framework for AI, to include rapid procurement and national tenders where appropriate.59 Leadership and governance
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 10 July 2025. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗