[hbrav]

This article is a little bizarre, in that it leaves a lot unsaid. On reading it my first thought is "the government could simply forbid its department from considering bids from Fujitsu". This seems like a perfectly reasonable response. The company has shown gross incompetence, coupled with great arrogance. There is every reason to think that it would do so again. Further, being barred from bidding would act as a deterrent to similar behaviour from other companies in future.

I assume there is some reason this cannot be done. Do procurement rules prevent the outright banning of a company from making bids?

[Nextgrid]

> I assume there is some reason this cannot be done.

Because the people who are in charge of the decision benefit from the status-quo (or are influenced of people who benefit from it).

Generally if a government does something stupid it means someone somewhere is profiting off the stupidity.

Doesn't help that the UK's economic situation means that honest work is pointless and the only way to build wealth is to get up to grifts and shenanigans like these.