The biggest govtech deals of the week (21/01/20)
https://tech.newstatesman.com/public-sector/govtech-deals-of-the-week-210120
Title: Pre-tender to add voice assistant technology and services to the customer communication channelsThis is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partnership with GlobalData, we’ve drilled down into the most valuable tenders and awards from the last seven days. Here’s what we found this week…
Buyer: Department for Transport
The lowdown: London North East Railway has unveiled plans to launch a voice assistant service to enable customers to find train times and tickets through Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. In order to roll out the service, it is now searching for a supplier that can maintain the voice applications.
Deadline for registering interest: 31 January 2020
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