Yeah, Capita saw an opportunity to buy a bunch of pension schemes, pension software, smash them together, gut them by offshoring and then look surprised when it goes horribly wrong.
No surprises really. The government should blacklist these and other “consultancies”.
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> Turley did not specify the value of penalties Capita has incurred. Civil Service World sought clarification from the Cabinet Office. It said the value and details of the penalties are commercially sensitive and cannot be published.
*Commercially sensitive* my arse. Of course if they are contractual penalties, they can claim that, but the levels of those penalties should be in the published procurement documents.
> As of June last year, the NAO reported that the Cabinet Office had **already withheld payments of more than £9m** because Capita had missed “milestones” related to the transfer arrangements for its CSPS contract.
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Yeah, Capita saw an opportunity to buy a bunch of pension schemes, pension software, smash them together, gut them by offshoring and then look surprised when it goes horribly wrong.
No surprises really. The government should blacklist these and other “consultancies”.
> Turley did not specify the value of penalties Capita has incurred. Civil Service World sought clarification from the Cabinet Office. It said the value and details of the penalties are commercially sensitive and cannot be published.
*Commercially sensitive* my arse. Of course if they are contractual penalties, they can claim that, but the levels of those penalties should be in the published procurement documents.
> As of June last year, the NAO reported that the Cabinet Office had **already withheld payments of more than £9m** because Capita had missed “milestones” related to the transfer arrangements for its CSPS contract.