The UK's Home Office has handed a £30m contract to engineering and IT outfit Leidos to help government agencies access and analyse communications data for combatting terrorism and organised crime.
Behind the managed services deal is a plan to smooth the "efficiency" with which government agents can access telecoms data.
The Home Office's National Communications Data Service (NCDS) launched the Agile Data Retention and Disclosure Services ("ARDS" – yes, we know the acronym doesn't work) last year with a prior information notice to the market.
It said the ARDS would "allow Telecom Operators to be on-boarded and off-boarded rapidly" providing services the Home Office hoped would support "collaborative ways of working" with telcos and tech suppliers.
The project falls under the remit of the Office for ..
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