The Valuations Office Agency (VOA) has taken a significant step in its plan to move away from using legacy digital systems and towards and cloud applications.
It has agreed on a three-year contract with Cognizant Technology Solutions, valued at between £111 million and £185 million, for technical and DevSecOps support in the transformation programme.
The VOA, which works within HM Revenue and Customs and provides property valuations to support local taxation and benefits, is currently using legacy systems and applications that are up to 30 year-old and in some cases beyond their support lives.
It is planning to begin replacing these during the current financial year as part of its business transformation programme.
In April it received a generally positive assessment of the programme from an official accounting officer. Among the findings was that the agency has the systems and processes in place to support future policy changes.
