Barking and Dagenham Contract

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RM PLC

30 November 2010

 



RM confirmed as ICT provider for Barking and Dagenham BSF programme

RM confirms that it has reached financial close on a £4.5m contract to provide ICT products and services for the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham's Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme. RM previously announced on 22 June 2010 that it had been selected as preferred bidder for the contract.

Barking and Dagenham's BSF programme will renew two schools. RM will provide a wide range of ICT products and services, including classroom systems, interactive classroom technology, curriculum software, Community Connect 4 networking, wireless networking and VOIP telephony. These will be backed up by a comprehensive support service and a continuing professional development programme.

Terry Sweeney, Chief Executive of RM, said:

"We've worked with Barking and Dagenham for a long time, so it's great news to have been able to reach financial close on their BSF sample schools. We look forward to working with the teachers and pupils in these two schools to deliver exciting and engaging learning technology."

For further information, please contact:

Iain McIntosh/Phil Hemmings, RM plc	08450 700300
Juliet Clarke/James Macey White, Financial Dynamics	020 7831 3113

Notes:

1.   The RM Group is a leading provider of educational solutions that help teachers to teach and learners to learn. RM works closely with educationalists to create new products, processes and technology which improve education. RM is listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange under the symbol RM.L, ISIN GB0002870417. Further details are available at www.rm.com/investors and through the Group's investor blog at rminvestors.wordpress.com

2.   RM announced on 22 June 2010 that it had been appointed as preferred bidder for the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham's Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme and indicated that the project would be worth up to £44m. Since then, the Department for Education has announced a review of the BSF programme, in which the Barking and Dagenham programme was scaled back to include only two 'sample' schools.

 

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