Digital products and services procurement plans

FOI reference: FOI-2025-3193

You asked

FOI reference: FOI-2025-3193

Q1. Can you please list the number of devices deployed by your organisation for the following?

• Desktop PCs
• Laptops
• Mobile Phones
• Printers
• Multi Functional Devices (MFDs)
• Tablets
• Physical Servers
• Storage Devices (for example: NAS, SAN)
• Networking Infrastructure (for example: Switches, Routers, Interfaces, Wireless Access Points)
• Security Infrastructure (for example: Firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), Virus Monitoring Tools)

Q2. Does your organisation have plans to procure any of the below services. If so, please provide the planned spend a budget for the next 4 financial years

• cloud computing
• software as a service
• platform as a service
• infrastructure as a service 
• anything as a service 

Q3. Does your organisation have plans to procure any of the below services. If so, please provide the planned spend a budget for the next 4 financial years

• a. Network Security
• b. Cloud Security
• c. Endpoint Security
• d. Mobile Security
• e. IoT Security
• f. Application Security

Q4. Does your organisation have plans to procure any of the below services. If so, please provide the planned spend a budget for the next 4 financial years

• a. Data and Analytics
• b. AI and Automation
• c. Digital Transformation
• d. ERP Systems

Q5. Has your organisation implemented any form of AI or Automation services, and if not, what is the reason for not implementing?​​​​​​​

• a. Implemented
• b. Minor implementation with completed AI strategy
• c. Plans to develop implementation
• d. Due to legacy systems

We said

Thank you for your request.

Please find associated spreadsheet containing the information you have requested for Q1.

Please be advised that the information you have requested for Q2 to 5 is accessible via the GOV.UK website. ONS published pipeline notifications on the central digital platform for all planned procurements over the next 18 months in line with Procurement Act 23 legislation. As this information is reasonably accessible via another route, Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) applies.