LONDON, June 15, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Agilisys, the UK's most innovative IT services and outsourcing provider, has been awarded Selected Bidder status for a contract worth provisionally GBP35m to provide ICT services to the St. Helens Council BSF programme. Just under half of this is for the capital cost whilst the remainder is for an eight-year managed service covering all secondary and primary education establishments across the whole of the borough's estate, including non-BSF schools.

Agilisys was selected as part of a consortium called Environments for Learning (E4L) together with Interserve and Barclays Investments.

Following a rigorous evaluation process, on Wednesday June 2nd the Council appointed E4L as its selected bidder to start the crucial building work later this year under the St. Helens BSF programme.

The BSF programme will see a provisional GBP150m invested in St. Helens secondary schools over the next few years, giving the opportunity to transform education for generations of learners, providing state of the art teaching and learning facilities and services for community use. Eleven schools in the Borough are expected to benefit from the BSF scheme.

It is anticipated that work will begin this summer at the two sample sites, Rainford High Technical College and De La Salle School, with the buildings due to open - and be fully operational - by September 2012. Kay Andrews, Agilisys CEO, commented: This is an exciting opportunity for us to transform the learning environments across the Borough, through the implementation of innovative IT solutions. The BSF programme will change people's lives and we are delighted to be a part of that.

About Agilisys Ltd

Agilisys is the UK's most innovative IT services and outsourcing provider, transforming the way our clients deliver services to their customers through the use of strategic, affordable, shared service platforms.

Working for both the public and private sector, we have earned a strong reputation and hold deep domain expertise within local government, education and healthcare. Agilisys has over 1,200 employees in the UK and India. (http://www.agilisys.co.uk)

About Environments for Learning (E4L)

E4L is a consortium made up of Interserve and Barclays Private Equity. Agilisys is a sub-contractor to E4L to provide Managed ICT Services.

SOURCE: Agilisys

CONTACT: For further information: Louise Kerrigan, Agilisys,louise.kerrigan@agilisys.co.uk, +44(0)7595-892-292