Burnley Borough Council will be going to tender for a ten year, £118m contract for their back office functions, licence services and IT support. They will be looking for a single provider to start in 2016 with the hope to cut costs of at least 15%. He incoming supplier will also be required to maintain existing service performance and quality levels while protecting current employees jobs through TUPE transfer and the secondment of council staff. The deadline for tenders is December 15 2014.

Esprit outsources IT to Mindtree