UK taxman discovers low code doesn't mean low cost with £657M awards

PUBLIC SECTOR Those legacy systems won't fix themselves The UK tax collector has awarded three contracts worth up to £657 million for low-code software development and support, dispelling any notion that empowering users with tech skills would necessarily mean low cost.HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), which collected £938.8 billion in tax during the latest reported financial year, has awarded French consultancy and outsourcer Atos a contract for "specialist low-code leadership services." These will include "programme oversight, supplier management, governance, assurance and delivery support for HMRC's low-code technology estate," according to a recent procurement notice.The £78.2 million deal is Lot 3 of HMRC's low-code procurement and was awarded through Lot 4a, the multi-product configuratio