The UK government has told MPs that Fujitsu has assured officials it will not use its places on lucrative public sector procurement frameworks to win work from new government customers while its voluntary bidding moratorium remains in force. The commitment follows scrutiny after The Register revealed the scandal-hit Japanese IT supplier had secured spots on frameworks worth up to £14.9 billion, prompting Business and Trade Committee chair Liam Byrne to demand assurances. It matters because Fujitsu, still under investigation over its role in the Post Office Horizon scandal, could otherwise leverage its central role in government IT procurement despite hundreds of subpostmasters being wrongfully convicted using its faulty software.

Fujitsu won places on three frameworks: Digital Outcomes and Specialists 7 (worth up to £14.9 billion), Technology Services 4 (up to £19.08 billion) and Transport Technology (around £2.3 billion). Cabinet Office minister Mark Ferguson told MPs the Government Commercial Agency, which manages the frameworks and takes a 1 percent levy on sales, is monitoring Fujitsu's compliance and that the firm has so far honoured its self-imposed restrictions, in place since January 2024 pending the outcome of the Horizon public inquiry. However, The Register previously reported Fujitsu won a £125 million contract with a new customer, Northern Ireland's Department of Finance, after the moratorium began, which Fujitsu said related to a preferred-bidder status granted before the restrictions took effect.