Management consultancy McKinsey appears to be well placed to influence UK government’s future technology strategy after winning a £3m, eight-week c

£3m for 8 weeks of consultancy work: McKinsey given contract to advise UK.gov on tech project business cases

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Management consultancy McKinsey appears to be well placed to influence UK government’s future technology strategy after winning a £3m, eight-week contract to build business cases ahead of the Spending Review ’21.

An Expression of Interest was run on the Managing Consultancy Framework (MCF), the purpose of which was the Cabinet Office “seeking expert consultancy support to design the cross-departmental approach to tackling core digital, data and technology (DDaT) priorities, developing cross-government business cases and work plans.”

Among other things, the supplier was asked to "produce compelling business cases for investment" for the Government Digital Services (GDS) and Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO), ahead of the 2021 Spending Review.

The CDDO, a new unit which sits in the UK's Cabinet Office and looks after DDaT, was famously set up after the Cabinet Office was handed control of all the core government data, previously looked after by the Department for Digital, Media, Culture and Sport. It is led by Paul Wilmott, non-executive chair, who until August 2019 was a founder and managing partner at McKinsey Digital. Wilmott was not involved in the procurement, however, the Cabinet Office assured us, confirming it was "managed by the Crown Commercial Service". Coincidentally, Megan Lee, former engagement manager at McKinsey, joined CDDO in June this year as director of strategy and performance at CDDO. Asked to comment, the government said: "All recruitment is undertaken in line with normal Civil Service regulations."

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