AGILISYS AWARDED SELECTED BIDDER STATUS TO PROVIDE ICT SERVICES TO ST. HELENS COUNCIL’S BUILDING SCHOOLS FOR THE FUTURE (BSF) PROGRAMME

15th June 2010

Generations of learners throughout St. Helens to benefit from major ICT investment to transform learning environments through the Building Schools for the Future programme

Agilisys, the UK’s most innovative IT services and outsourcing provider, has been awarded Selected Bidder status for a contract worth provisionally £35m to provide ICT services to the St. Helens Council BSF programme. Just under half of this is for the capital cost whilst the remainder is for an eight-year managed service covering all secondary and primary education establishments across the whole of the borough’s estate, including non-BSF schools.

Agilisys was selected as part of a consortium called Environments for Learning (E4L) together with Interserve and Barclays Investments.

Following a rigorous evaluation process, on Wednesday June 2nd the Council appointed E4L as its selected bidder to start the crucial building work later this year under the St. Helens BSF programme.

The BSF programme will see a provisional £150m invested in St. Helens secondary schools over the next few years, giving the opportunity to transform education for generations of learners, providing state of the art teaching and learning facilities and services for community use. Eleven schools in the Borough are expected to benefit from the BSF scheme.

It is anticipated that work will begin this summer at the two sample sites, Rainford High Technical College and De La Salle School, with the buildings due to open - and be fully operational - by September 2012. Kay Andrews, Agilisys CEO, commented: “This is an exciting opportunity for us to transform the learning environments across the Borough, through the implementation of innovative IT solutions. The BSF programme will change people’s lives and we are delighted to be a part of that.”

For further information:
Louise Kerrigan
Agilisys
louise.kerrigan@agilisys.co.uk
07595 892 292

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