IND signs £200m deal with Atos Origin

The Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) has signed a £200m six-year contract with supplier Atos Origin.

The company will work alongside existing suppliers to maintain and develop the IND infrastructure including helpdesk, network support and applications.

The aim is to provide front-line staff with the information they need, when they need it, says the Home Office.

'Atos Origin demonstrated to us that they have the expertise and understanding to successfully deliver the IND's IT. Investing in its infrastructure is part of the directorate drive to continually improve the working environment for its staff as well as ensuring value for money,' said Home Office minister Des Browne.

'We are looking forward to working with IND to ensure that through intelligent use of IT, IND employees have the information they need to do their jobs even better so that customers consistently receive a timely and fair handling of all applications,' said Derek Ward, head of Public Sector at Atos Origin.

A key part of IND's IT programme is the £40m Mycrosft system being developed by Serco Justice (see Computing 1 July). Mycroft will provide the a highly secure infrastructure to support the exchange of confidential emails with other agencies and departments to help meet ministerial commitments on asylum and immigration.

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