RM chosen as ICT supplier for

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RM PLC

30 June 2008

 



30 June 2008

RM chosen as ICT supplier for Haringey BSF ICT project

RM notes that Haringey Council has published on its Web site the minutes of its most recent Cabinet Procurement Committee meeting. These minutes state that the Committee has approved the appointment of RM as selected bidder for a £25m contract to provide managed ICT services to the Council's BSF (Building Schools for the Future) programme. 

RM anticipates that, subject to a statutory objection period, it will be formally invited to become selected bidder during July 2008.

For further information, please contact: 

Mike Greig/Phil Hemmings, RM plc	08450 700300
Catherine Colloms, Brunswick	020 7404 5959

Notes to Editors:

1.       Founded in 1973, the RM Group is a leading provider of educational products and services to schools, colleges and universities, local government and central government education departments and agencies. RM works closely with educationalists to create new products, processes and technology which improve teaching and learning. RM is listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange under the symbol RM.L, ISIN GB0002870417.

2.      BSF (Building Schools for the Future) is the largest single schools capital investment programme for over 50 years. It aims to rebuild or renew every one of England’s 3,500 state secondary schools during the lifetime of the programme. 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.

 

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