Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) has bolstered its position in the robust public sector outsourcing field having won a lead role on a £400m Foreign Office technology project.

After last year’s competitive tender, FFW was brought in to advise the Foreign Office on the contract with computing giant Hewlett-Packard (HP). Signed off in February, the seven-year contract sees HP and the Foreign Office’s in-house IT team, FCO Services, combine to upgrade the secure IT system.