The Ministry of Defence has cut £2.75 million in annual consultancy spend after overhauling the digital system used to process surplus military equipment, in a case study that its technology partner says points to a much larger savings opportunity across government. The Defence Recycling and Disposals Team (DRDT) brought in British IT firm Tecknuovo to replace an outdated system that used the same form to process items as varied as disused clothing and decommissioned submarines, relied on an external contractor for its operation, and left the DRDT unable to manage the service independently. The new system processes 13,000 items of…
