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Civica plc, the software and services group focused on the public sector, has signed two significant contracts in its expanding education business, amounting to nearly £50 million over the next decade.
The company has reached contractual agreement with Sheffield City Council as strategic ICT partner for the city’s Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme, as part of the Paradigm consortium led by Taylor Woodrow Construction.
Civica anticipates that this contract will be worth approximately £45 million over all three phases of the 9-year programme.
Civica has also been awarded a contract by Essex County Council worth £3.3 million over 3 years to provide the foundation for a shared learning environment for schools across the county.
Sheffield’s BSF programme is part of the Local Education Partnership comprising Sheffield City Council, Partnerships for Schools and the Paradigm Consortium. Within the Partnership Civica will design and deliver a managed service supporting the ICT infrastructure and technology for BSF linked through a central data centre.
Civica will also support the Partnership in determining the strategic ICT solution to help transform its secondary schools whilst delivering best value. Wave 1 covers nine schools divided into two phases for which the contract value is £11.25 million.
In Essex, Civica has been selected by the County Council to develop and deploy an ICT infrastructure to enable pupils and staff across the county to share information and to collaborate in a secure environment, providing improved communications and access to ICT resources when and where needed.
Simon Downing, chief executive at Civica, said: “We are delighted to have the opportunity to work in partnership with both the Sheffield LEP and with Essex County Council to help deliver their vision for schools. We believe both programmes have the potential to transform the educational environment for the benefit of students, teachers, schools and parents and we look forward to working together to provide a modern foundation for learning and collaboration.”
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