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Public Procurement

Why is the Palantir NHS contract valued at £1?

Last week, OpenDemocracy managed to get the Government to disclose four NHS COVID related contracts. That it took them a threat of court action speaks millions about the value of transparency and accountability regarding public money in the UK these days. I haven't had the opportunity to explore

Public Procurement

Remember 18F's idea of doing reverse auctions for small pieces of work?

I wrote here last week about a reverse auction trial that 18F was undergoing on GitHub for small pieces of work involving computer code. Well, the first results are in and the winning bid was...$1. The bid was not a fluke and the code worked as it was supposed