The contract keeps Fujitsu operating the UK government’s Emergency Alerts platform until October 2029, continuing a service that warns people about life-threatening emergencies.
Fujitsu has been awarded a £9.6 million (about $12.9 million) contract extension to run the UK government’s Emergency Alerts platform until October 2029, The Register said. The extension continues Fujitsu’s operation of the existing platform.
Emergency Alerts provides warnings and advice during life-threatening emergencies. Emergency services and government bodies dealing with emergencies can send alerts to people based on their current location; recipients do not need to turn on location services.
Fujitsu also operates the Post Office’s Horizon accounting system. From 1999 until 2015, around 736 subpostmasters were wrongfully prosecuted and convicted over errors in the system.
The company has committed not to bid for new public-sector contracts while the inquiry into the Horizon scandal continues. The Emergency Alerts award extends an existing contract.
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