Joint venture set up to handle outsourced services...
By Andy McCue
Published: 6 July 2006 10:10 GMT
French IT services company Bull Information Systems has won a £76.8m outsourcing deal at Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council.
The 10-year deal is part of Barnsley's plans to re-engineer the delivery of all its IT services as part of a wider modernisation initiative at the local authority.
Barnsley's main objective is a "more cost effective, reliable, secure and responsive" IT infrastructure that can cope with the growing technical demands associated with moves towards mobile and flexible working, including homeworking.
A new joint venture company, called Tuscan Connects, has been set up to handle the majority of the services covered by the outsourcing deal. The joint venture is 80 per cent owned by Bull and 20 per cent by the council.
A spokeswoman for Barnsley said 105 IT staff will transfer over to Bull under Tupe employment transfer regulations as part of the contract.
Transfer. In compliance with the regulations in place under the Senior Design Engineer Responsible to the Engineering Manager UK for the delivery of ...
As the technical lead/design authority you will be involved in the complete life cycle implementation and support through to disposal, ensuring our ...
You will be required to assist the Associate Director with the management of the delivery area, contribute to the ongoing improvement of processes ...
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