"Nonetheless, official documents published in the final week of December show Fujitsu has bagged a seat on a framework with a total value of up to £984 million across all winning suppliers. It secured positions on two lots of the arrangement for digital services with SSEN Transmission, the trading name of Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission, which is owned by Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN), a limited company that organized the framework."
"Horizon is an EPOS and back-end finance system that was first implemented by ICL, a UK tech firm majority-owned by Fujitsu in the 1990s and fully acquired in 1998. It has undergone two subsequent upgrades. From 1999 until 2015, around 736 subpostmasters were wrongfully prosecuted and convicted over Horizon errors, devastating lives in the process. A statutory inquiry into the mass miscarriage of justice launched in 2021 and is ongoing. Its early findings suggest 13 suicides may be linked to the prosecutions."
Fujitsu secured positions on two lots of a procurement framework run by SSEN Transmission, in an arrangement valued up to £984 million across suppliers. The tender launched in June 2025 and is legally treated as government business under the Procurement Act 2023 despite being let by a private company. Fujitsu had announced a moratorium on bidding for new public sector contracts during the ongoing Post Office Horizon inquiry. Horizon is an EPOS and back-end finance system first implemented by ICL and later acquired by Fujitsu. From 1999 to 2015 about 736 subpostmasters were wrongfully prosecuted. A statutory inquiry opened in 2021 remains ongoing, and early findings suggest 13 suicides may be linked to the prosecutions. A 2024 TV dramatization prompted legislation to quash remaining convictions.
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