Beverage manufacturer Britvic has awarded international IT services provider Atos Origin a new five-year contract worth around £15m.

The deal announced covers IT hosting services for Britvic’s centrally located UK systems including all its SAP, Siebel and associated applications for the back office functions. It follows a three-year contract awarded in 2008 for applications management.

For this new contract Atos Origin and Britvic have agreed a commercial model where the fee is based upon the transactions delivered. This provides Britvic with more flexibility to better plan and budget for services in line with its business processes.

Following the recent acquisition of Fruité Enterpises in France, Britvic needs flexible, cost-efficient IT systems that can support business operations and ensure product delivery to customers.

The agreement will help Britvic to better address critical business challenges, such as enabling the supply chain to prepare for the international growth and to ensure that it can continue to respond fast to peaks in demand for its products.

Atos Origin provides support from both the UK and its Indian delivery centres in Mumbai.