Agilisys Awarded Selected Bidder Status to Provide ICT Services to St. Helens Council's Building Schools for the Future (BSF) Programme

By Agilisys, PRNE
Monday, June 14, 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

LONDON, June 15, 2010 - Agilisys, the UK's most innovative IT services and outsourcing provider,
has been awarded Selected Bidder status for a contract worth provisionally
GBP35m 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 GBP150m 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."

About Agilisys Ltd

Agilisys is the UK's most innovative IT services and outsourcing
provider, transforming the way our clients deliver services to their
customers through the use of strategic, affordable, shared service platforms.

Working for both the public and private sector, we have earned a strong
reputation and hold deep domain expertise within local government, education
and healthcare. Agilisys has over 1,200 employees in the UK and India.
(www.agilisys.co.uk)

About Environments for Learning (E4L)

E4L is a consortium made up of Interserve and Barclays Private Equity.
Agilisys is a sub-contractor to E4L to provide Managed ICT Services.

For further information: Louise Kerrigan, Agilisys, louise.kerrigan at agilisys.co.uk, +44(0)7595-892-292

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