Government CIO Suffolk tells Indian suppliers to bid

摘要

UK government chief information officer John Suffolk has encouraged Indian suppliers to compete for IT work in the public sector after the massive spending cuts announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review, writes Angelica Man.rnSpeaking exclusively to Computer Weekly, Suffolk-an outspoken supporter of transparency in government FT procurement - has said he has "no reservations whatsoever" about Asian firms possibly claiming a slice of the outsourcing pie from services giants such as Fujitsu, Capgemini and IBM. "As far as we are concerned, the more suppliers bidding for government work, creates a positive, vibrant, innovative IT community and that is what we ought to promote," Suffolk said. "I spend a lot of time with our Indian colleagues, they are hugely talented and I encourage them to bid: it's their commercial decision whether do so and they will be treated like anybody else," he said.