Perth-based IT services provider ASG Group Ltd has been awarded a five-year contract with the Victorian Department of Education worth $49 million, the company announced today.
Perth-based IT services provider ASG Group Ltd has been awarded a five-year contract with the Victorian Department of Education worth $49 million, the company announced today.
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ASG Group Limited (ASX: ASZ) is pleased to announce it has been awarded the contract to provide IT services support and infrastructure management for the Victorian Department of Education.
The initial contract is valued at approximately $49 million over its 5 year term with options to extend up to a further 4 years taking the total value to $65 million. It will be managed and delivered by ASG's Southern Region operation based in Melbourne.
ASG is the prime contractor to the Department of Education and heads a strong consortium of partners that includes Oracle Corporation and IBM.
The Victorian Government contract follows other substantial business wins for ASG in FY07, including contracts with Qantas, Ericsson, and the Metropolitan Ambulance Service.
ASG General Manager Southern Region Rob Bild said the company was delighted to have been selected as the preferred contractor after an intensive selection process by the Victorian Government. The tender process commenced in August 2006.
"We are very pleased to have secured this contract after such a thorough and demanding selection process. The quality of our service offering has again been demonstrated by this significant contract win further cementing ASG as one of Australia's leading IT Service Management companies." said Mr Bild.
Mr Bild also confirmed the importance of ASG's relationship with the Oracle Corporation. "We have been working with Oracle since our inception 10 years ago. Our joint partnership with the Department of Education represents yet another significant milestone for both companies and further reinforces ASG as Australia's largest provider of Oracle and PeopleSoft services"
"Along with our consortium partners, we look forward to delivering outstanding services to the Department of Education and implementing the risk minimised solution they have selected."
Among the range of services to be delivered to the Department of Education will be a Human Resources Management System ('HRMS') upgrade, associated Application Management for the upgrade and complete Infrastructure Management services. The HRMS upgrade will be based on Oracle's Peoplesoft solution.
