SCS Wins ?5.8 million Training Services Contract

RNS Number : 8729D

Cohort PLC

30 March 2011

 



30 MARCH 2011                                                                                                                                                         AIM: CHRT

PRESS RELEASE

COHORT PLC ("Cohort")

SCS Wins £5.8 million Training Services Contract

Cohort, the independent technology group, today announces that its subsidiary, SCS, has been awarded a contract to provide training services to the Ministry of Defence's Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ) at Northwood.

SCS will provide the services for an initial two year period commencing April 2011, with the option of an extension for a third year. The value will be up to £5.8 million if this option is exercised. The contract, which was won in competition, continues the arrangements under which SCS has been providing services to PJHQ since 1998.

Under the contract SCS will support the programme of major joint operational exercises run by PJHQ, involving the MOD, Cabinet Office and other government departments. A permanent team of SCS staff will be based at Northwood to support exercise design and the underpinning technology.

Commenting on the contract win, Andrew Thomis, Chief Executive of Cohort, said:

"This contract continues SCS's long established relationship with PJHQ and confirms its position as the market leader in the UK for large scale joint operational training. It is notable that these important services remain a priority for the UK even in times of constrained defence spending.

"Our continued association with prestigious customers such as PJHQ reinforces the attractiveness of our training services internationally."

For further information, please contact

Cohort plc	Andrew Thomis, Chief Executive Simon Walther, Finance Director	[phone]
Investec	Keith Anderson, Daniel Adams	[phone]
MHP Communications	Reg Hoare, Vicky Watkins	[phone]

Cohort plc (www.cohortplc.com)  

Cohort is an independent 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 with considerable experience in the defence market and a focus on Information Systems.  Based in Cambridgeshire, MASS was acquired by Cohort in August 2006;

·     SCS (www.scs-ltd.co.uk) - a defence consultancy, combining technical expertise with practical experience and domain knowledge. Owned by Cohort since flotation in March 2006;

·     SEA (www.sea.co.uk) - an advanced surveillance systems and software house with hardware development capability operating in the defence, space and transport 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 Berkshire and, through its operating companies, employs in total around 500 core staff there and at bases in Bristol, Cambridgeshire, Berkshire, Lincolnshire and Somerset.

 

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