Bromley Council selects BT to provide computer and data centre services in £9m contract

Bromley Council used the procurement framework agreement set up by the Tri-borough partnership of councils to choose a supplier

Bromley Council has selected BT to deliver computer and data centre services in a contract worth more than £9m.

The council used the procurement framework agreement for ICT services set up by the Tri-Borough partnership of Westminster Council, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and Hammersmith and Fulham Councils.

The framework agreement is available to all 33 London boroughs and is designed to make the procurement process simpler while cutting costs and increasing efficiency.

BT is contracted to deliver desktop services to 2,000 Bromley staff, and also manage more than 350 servers. BT claims that the contract is expected to generate cost savings "in the region of 10 per cent" for the council - with services planned to go live in April 2016.

Councillor Stephen Carr, leader of Bromley Council, said that as the company moved towards being a "commissioning council", it needed a company that would deliver excellent service while also responding to the changing shape of the council.

"The pan-London ICT framework set up by Westminster City Council and delivered by BT gives us everything we need. It provides us with clear and transparent pricing and a more efficient and streamlined buying process, helping us to speed up the delivery of projects and save money."

Mark Bowen, director of corporate resources at the council, added that he was "delighted" to have secured the services of BT through the framework.

This is the third such contract award to BT since the Tri-borough's framework was established in 2014. It has agreements with Westminster City Council and the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham to manage end user computing and data centre services, and with the London Borough of Islington to provide strategic consultancy services.