Mass signs £13m seven year BS

RNS Number : 0531W

Cohort PLC

22 July 2009

 



22 July 2009

COHORT PLC

MASS SIGNS £13m, SEVEN-YEAR BUILDING SCHOOLS FOR THE FUTURE (BSF) CONTRACT

Cohort plc, the independent technology group, announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary, MASS Consultants Limited, has signed a contract as Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) partner to provide new and refurbished schools for North Lincolnshire Council under the government's BSF programme.  The signing follows the announcement on 7 April 2009 that MASS had been selected as the preferred bidder subject to contractual negotiations.

MASS will provide and integrate a range of ICT equipment, networks and software for seven schools, and a managed service for its support and maintenance. MASS already provides this type of service to a range of government and private sector clients. The contract value for MASS will exceed £13m over 7 years.

MASS has formed a partnership with May Gurney Integrated Services plc and NPS Property Consultants Ltd for the North Lincolnshire BSF programme, to be known as the North Lincolnshire Learning Partnership (PSP), which will initially cover a number of new build and refurbishment projects for secondary schools in the Scunthorpe area. 

Andrew Thomis, Chief Executive said: 'This is a prestigious contract and one which plays to our market-leading capabilities in the development, provision and integration of secure ICT infrastructures. We look forward to developing further business in this new market for the company.'

For further information, please contact:

Cohort plc  Andrew Thomis, Chief Executive Simon Walther, Finance Director	01491 845 630
Investec  Keith Anderson	020 7597 5970
Hogarth Partnership Limited     Julian Walker, Andrew Jaques, Vicky Watkins	020 7357 9477

NOTES TO EDITORS

Cohort plc (www.cohortplc.com) is a technology group working primarily for defence (air, land and sea), wider government and industry clients, through three market-facing subsidiary companies:  

• MASS (www.mass.co.uk) - a specialist systems house focused mainly on Information Systems, Managed Services, Secure Communications and Electronic Warfare.  Acquired by Cohort in August 2006.
  

• SCS (www.scs-ltd.co.uk) - an independent defence consultancy, combining technical expertise with practical experience and domain knowledge.  
  

• SEA (www.sea.co.uk) - an advanced surveillance systems and software house with hardware development capability operating in the defence, space, transport and offshore market sectors. Acquired by Cohort in October 2007.  

Cohort (AIM: CHRT) was admitted to London's Alternative Investment Market in March 2006. It has its headquarters in Oxfordshire and, through its operating companies, employs in total around 500 staff there and at bases in Bristol, Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, Lincolnshire and Somerset.  

 

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