Atos lands £350M beat keeping Met Police applications running
The Metropolitan Police Service has awarded French outsourcer Atos a six-year contract worth up to £350 million to manage and secure its applications. The deal aims to support the Met's digital modernization and includes options to extend the term and add cloud services. This award follows a separate £1 billion contract given to DXC Technology earlier in the year for business process outsourcing.
- ▪Atos secured a six-year contract worth up to £350 million to provide service and application management for the Metropolitan Police Service.
- ▪The contract includes options for the Met Police to extend the agreement by two years and expand the scope to managed cloud and digital workplace services.
- ▪Earlier in 2026, the Met Police awarded DXC Technology a contract worth up to £1 billion for business process outsourcing and ERP system development.
- ▪Atos also won a £78.2 million contract with His Majesty's Revenue & Customs for specialist low-code leadership services this year.
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