What won it for Sky seemed to be the fundamental dishonesty of a single individual at EDS who claimed they had worked on an MBA that anybody could buy via an "internet university". The Sky lawyer bought a degree for the dog named Rover.
The could have gotten away with incompetence but when the liar doubled down on lying that was the end.
The principles that the Government Digital Service tried to instill/make departments adopt should prevent that
I think that kind of behaviour was endemic among outsourcing companies around that time and they acted with impunity on government contracts.
Sky outsourced a contract to EDS. EDS had delivery problems. It all ended in court:
https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/guides/bskyb-v-eds
What won it for Sky seemed to be the fundamental dishonesty of a single individual at EDS who claimed they had worked on an MBA that anybody could buy via an "internet university". The Sky lawyer bought a degree for the dog named Rover.
The could have gotten away with incompetence but when the liar doubled down on lying that was the end.