Met renews ICT contract with Capgemini

The Met has extended its ICT contract with Capgemini

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has extended its ICT contract with consulting and outsourcing firm Capgemini.

Capgemini said the move will see the Met bag savings of £43m over the contract's three-year lifetime – between 2012 and 2015.

The original seven-year contract was signed in 2005, and saw Capgemini subcontract elements of the work out to BT and Unisys. It will continue to partner with these firms.

BT will upgrade and rationalise the MPS’s voice and data networks, while Unisys will support application management and datacentre hosting.

Capgemini said the savings will be made as a result of automation, improved joint processes and rationalisation of services, together with closer collaboration, which will streamline management control and simplify reporting structures.

Some Capgemini support services will also be moved to centres in the north of Scotland in an effort to deliver higher cost-effectiveness, but all of Capgemini’s work on this contract will be carried out in the UK.

Capgemini said that the move to Scotland will lead to simplified service level agreements, contractor rates and application support.

Capgemini vice president and MPS client director Dean Grant said that the contract had been renewed following "rigorous benchmarking", critically comparing SLAs defined in the contract.