1st Dec 2005 07:30
Capita Group PLC01 December 2005 Capita recommended as Birmingham City Council's preferred strategic transformation partner Birmingham City Council's Cabinet will be issued with a report today thatrecommends that the Capita Group Plc ("Capita") should become their preferredstrategic partner to deliver a wide range of services to support the Council'sleading edge business transformation strategy. Capita has proposed an innovativenew joint venture (JV), the Service Birmingham Partnership, in which Capita willhave a significant majority shareholding alongside the Council. The JV will becontracted to deliver a range of services to support the Council'stransformation programme, with an initial ICT contract expected to be worth £424 million to the JV over a 10 year partnership (representing the Council's current projected spend and investment on ICT and associated services over the period). Subject to approval by Cabinet, the Council will commence detailed negotiationswith Capita to formulate the JV structure that will underlie this long term andevolutionary partnership. Some 450 staff are expected to be seconded to the JVand Capita will provide the specialist and flexible resources to accelerate thesuccessful delivery of the Council's transformation plan. The initial ICTprogramme is designed to deliver a world class ICT framework for the futuredelivery of services and to provide a robust framework for major servicetransformation. Further work is likely to be commissioned through thepartnership to support the Council's services and this will increase the valueof the contract as the partnership incrementally grows and delivers measurablebenefits to the Council and the people of Birmingham. A Council press release and summary of the recommendation to Cabinet will bemade available on Birmingham City Council's website www.birmingham.gov.uk today. - Ends - For further information please contact: The Capita Group Plc +44 (0)20 7799 1525Rod Aldridge, Executive ChairmanPaul Pindar, Chief ExecutiveShona Nichols, Corporate Communications Director Press Office +44 (0)870 2400 488 The Capita Group Plc is the UK's leading provider of integrated professional support service solutions. The Group's service capabilities encompass customer services, financial services, human resource services, software services, systems and strategic support and property services delivered to both public sector and private organisations. With over 23,000 employees at more than 230 offices across the UK and Ireland, Capita is quoted on the London Stock Exchange (CPI.L), and is a constituent of the FTSE100 with revenues for 2004 of £1,285 million. Capita has secured a number of awards including Best BPO Outsourcing Services Provider 2004. Further information on The Capita Group Plc can be found at www.capita.co.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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