RM selected provider for Brad

RNS Number : 7925J

RM PLC

07 April 2010

 



RM selected to provide managed ICT services to Bradford BSF programme

RM has been selected to provide managed ICT services for Phase 3 of Bradford City Council's BSF (Building Schools for the Future) programme. RM will provide the services under contract to Integrated Bradford, the Local Education Partnership (LEP) responsible for delivering the City's BSF programme.

An initial five-year contract, covering four recently-built secondary schools and two new design and build Academies, is expected to be worth £13.3 million to RM. Phase 3 of Bradford's BSF programme also includes a further 15 schools, which will be contracted for separately.

RM will provide an innovative and flexible managed ICT solution, including implementation services, training, hardware, software and day-to-day management of the solution. Schools will receive a core solution including a learning platform, CC4 Anywhere, RM Easymail+ and Fuse software. In addition, schools have the choice of hardware solutions such as RM miniBooks & Apple iMac, and mobile presentation solutions including RM's Isis Concepts Vertable.

Terry Sweeney, Chief Executive of RM plc, said:

"It's great news that Bradford has chosen to go with us for Phase 3 of their BSF programme. We're particularly pleased that we've had the opportunity to join the programme at this stage. We've worked hard to put together an innovative solution for Bradford's schools and we're looking forward to working with Integrated Bradford to deliver 21^st Century learning spaces that really make a difference for pupils."

For further information, please contact:

Iain McIntosh/Phil Hemmings, RM plc	08450 700300
Chris Blundell/Franziska Boehnke, Brunswick	020 7404 5959

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 ww.rm.com/investors and through the Group's investor blog at rminvestors.wordpress.com

2.   BSF (Building Schools for the Future) is the largest single schools capital investment programme for over 50 years. BSF will provide world-class teaching and learning environments for all pupils, teachers and communities in England. A key part of the initiative is to ensure that local authorities develop a sustainable, area-wide ICT strategy for schools in line with the Government's personalised learning agenda: 10% of the funding is ring-fenced for ICT.

3.   The Integrated Bradford consortium was appointed to deliver Bradford's BSF programme in 2007. Consortium partners are Amey, Costain, Ferrovial Agroman and HSBC Infrastructure.

 

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