CGI Group, Inc. a leading provider of information technology and business process services, has announced the signing of a three-year, $3.1 million contract with the City of Ottawa to advise and assist the City in support of its Service Ottawa initiative and implementation of the City’s Five-Year Technology Roadmap.

When implemented, the City’s Service Ottawa initiative will fundamentally transform how residents receive City-supplied services. It is an approach to deliver consistent, predictable, high-quality information and services to Ottawa residents and to generate significant operational cost savings.

“We are very proud to have been selected by the City of Ottawa and to support them in this major transformational initiative”, said Alain Brisson, Senior Vice-President, National Capital Region, CGI. “We look forward to assisting the City in implementing its Five-Year Technology Roadmap and achieving the Service Ottawa objectives.”

The contract, with an initial term of three years, is for systems integration services that include subject matter experts and expertise required for the planning, definition, design, implementation, co-ordination, integration, testing, deployment, training, program and project management, and operational support associated with projects implemented under the auspices of the Service Ottawa initiative.