Luton Borough Council outsources ICT services

outsource its ICT services to the Luton Learning and Community Partnership and contractor Civica, UkauthorITy.com reports.

The 10-year deal, worth £34 million, is part of a broader programme to save the council a total of £12.6 million. Some 60 council employees will transfer to the private sector. Under the deal, a venture called 'Project Genesis' will run all core ICT operations for the council. The partners will also set up a programme management office to support and focus transformation initiatives.

Civica will deliver all the council's core ICT operations, with the aim of achieving savings and improving services, including greater ICT-based to local services, Guardian notes.

The contract was arranged by the Luton Learning and Community Partnership, a procurement vehicle set up under the Labour government's Building Schools for the Future programme.

Sourcing Focus quotes Councillor Robin Harris, deputy leader of the Luton Borough Council, as saying: “This programme will enable us to improve front line services without additional cost. The transfer of Luton's ICT service to the partnership provides a strong basis for creating IT-based savings and at the same time seeking improved service delivery to meet local residents' current and future needs.”