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by nicky0 6y ago
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- matthewdgreen 6y agoUK app cost was reported here: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/17/world/europe/uk-contact-tracing-coronavirus.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/17/world/europe/uk-contact-t... I am trusting Kenny Paterson at ETH Zurich on the cost of the Swiss app, since he was involved in developing it: https://twitter.com/kennyog/status/1273612397861842950?s=20 https://twitter.com/kennyog/status/1273612397861842950?s=20 ETA: NYT article also mentions a "secretive procurement process" for the UK app, which sounds a bit worrying.
- teh_klev 6y ago> a "secretive procurement process" for the UK app, which sounds a bit worrying Sadly this is unsurprising and par for the course for the UK government these days.
- timthorn 6y agoIt was awarded to a supplier through the G-Cloud procurement framework, who obtained their place their in accordance with OJEU rules. Details here: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2d8c89c5-69d2-4073-88dd-401458a92134 https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2d8c89c5-6... Not particularly secretive, just a bit bureaucratic.
- matthewdgreen 6y agoI'm a little confused. The company cited in your post is Zuhlke Engineering Ltd, which is a Swiss company that appears to be taking over the management of the app going forward, for a much more reasonable contract price of 3.9M GBP [1]. I don't think they're the ones who consumed 108M GBP on past development. Does the G-Cloud procurement website have any details on where the 108M was spent? [1] Random website I found when googling, grain of salt etc: https://bylinetimes.com/2020/05/08/nhsx-contract-tracing-app-management-of-outsourced-to-private-company-and-to-be-accessed-overseas/ https://bylinetimes.com/2020/05/08/nhsx-contract-tracing-app...
- timthorn 6y agoThe £108m is for the contact tracing service, which includes 15000 employees. The app is not part of that deal.
- nicky0 6y ago108 million was the price for operaring the contact tracing service, not the app.