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Published: 8 October 2007 16:10 GMT
The UK government's Learning and Skills Council (LSC) has named Capgemini as preferred bidder in its race to select a long-term IT partner.
The LSC is a government agency responsible for planning and funding vocational training for UK school-leavers and adults, and is hunting for a new partner to support its IT systems and services.
The contract is worth between £160m and £245m over five years, and the selected bidder will be responsible for the LSC's IT infrastructure, applications and networks, as well as supporting around 3,000 of its desktop users across a number of locations.
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The contract will be finalised by mid-November of this year with the change over from its current IT supplier taking place in January 2008.
Xansa - which was bought by French rival Steria in a £472m deal this year - currently supports the LCS IT systems with Fujitsu.
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