Northgate Information Solutions announces £9.8 million initial contract with Leicester Building Schools for the Future project |
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RNS 20-Dec-2007 - [Stock Exchange Announcements] Northgate Information Solutions announces £9.8 million initial contract with Leicester Building Schools for the Future project Northgate Information Solutions plc, the international supplier of specialist software systems and IT services for the human resources and public service markets, announces its role as Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Supply Chain Partner in the winning Miller Consortium bid for the Leicester Building Schools for the Future (BSF) project. Northgate has signed an initial five year contract worth £9.8 million to deliver ICT infrastructure to four schools across the city to meet the needs of their learners and communities. In the course of the contract, which has a total value of over £27 million, sixteen schools will be entirely rebuilt or refurbished. Chris Stone, Chief Executive of Northgate Information Solutions, said: “We are extremely proud to be involved in Leicester’s BSF project. This contract confirms Northgate’s position as a leading provider of ICT services to the education sector as we continue to use our services to empower Britain’s teachers and children in the technology age."
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Notes to editors: About Northgate Information Solutions (www.northgate-is.com/education) Northgate, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange, employs over 6,000 staff and operates in 46 countries across 5 continents. Northgate has approximately 4,500 large/medium customers and approximately 10,500 small to medium enterprise (SME) customers worldwide. Northgate delivers Human Resources solutions to many of the world’s largest organisations, as well as working with 90% of the UK local authorities and all of the UK’s regional police forces. Northgate Education, Northgate’s specialist Education division, is a leading provider of managed services and solutions in the UK. It provides technology services to over 1,200 schools, with more than 350,000 teachers and learners successfully supported by the company. Northgate provides services to every school in Northern Ireland through C2k, the largest and most comprehensive e-learning initiative ever implemented in the UK. It also provides Information and Communication Technology (ICT) managed services to Bristol City Council and Leicester City Council as part of the government's Building Schools for the Future Programme (BSF) and to over 150 education sites in Hartlepool, from primary schools through to further education. In January 2007, Northgate was awarded an ISO 20000-1 accreditation by the British Standards Institution, for provision of IT service management activities. About BSF (www.bsf.gov.uk) |
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