Preferred bidder BSF contract

RM PLC
11 October 2005


 RM appointed preferred bidder for £6.4 million Building Schools for the Future
                                    contract

RM plc, the UK's leading supplier of information and communications technology
(ICT) and other services to education, has been appointed preferred bidder for a
£6.4 million ICT contract with Solihull Council. The contract is part of
Solihull's Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme, and is the first ICT
contract to be awarded under the national BSF initiative.

The five year contract will provide a managed ICT service to 6 schools in
Solihull and is linked to improved educational attainment. The scope of the
service will include the design, implementation and ongoing management of all
the ICT needs in these schools. The service also includes the provision of an
LEA-wide Managed Learning Environment, a programme of training, and an education
support team to assist with the introduction of the technology.

Kevin Crompton, Corporate Director of Education & Children's Services at
Solihull said, 'After a rigorous selection process, we are absolutely delighted
to be working with RM on this exciting project to transform learning in the
north of Solihull.'

Commenting on the contract award, Tim Pearson, CEO of RM, said:

'The BSF programme is enormously important for educational ICT in England: it
provides an opportunity for schools to make a step-change both in the way they
buy ICT and, crucially, in the way they deploy it to improve teaching and
learning.

I'm delighted that RM has been chosen as preferred bidder. We look forward to
working with educators across Solihull to provide a managed ICT service that
genuinely helps teachers to teach and learners to learn.'

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For further information, please contact:
Mike Greig/Phil Hemmings, RM plc                         08709 200200
Fiona Laffan/Mark Antelme, Brunswick                     020 7404 5959

Notes to Editors:

Building Schools for the Future (BSF) is a £45 billion Department for Education
and Skills initiative that will rebuild or substantially refurbish all English
secondary schools over the next 10-15 years. A key part of the initiative is to
ensure that schools develop a sustainable ICT strategy focused on improving
teaching and learning.

RM will now work with Solihull Council to complete final negotiations on the
contract.



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