Rm Regulatory News (RM.)

1 Jul 2005 16:24

RM PLC01 July 2005 1st July 2005 RM appointed preferred bidder for £37.5 million schools intranet contract RM plc, the UK's leading supplier of information and communications technology(ICT) and other services to education, has been appointed preferred bidder for amajor educational ICT contract by the Scottish Executive. The SSDN-NI (ScottishSchools Digital Network National Intranet) is a major project intended toimprove learning and teaching in Scotland. Under the five year, £37.5 million managed service contract, every council,school, learner and teacher will have access, through a secure nationalintranet, to innovative learning technology tools including: • personalised portals and online workspaces; • a managed virtual teaching and learning environment; • personalised access to educational content and other streaming media; • collaboration tools such as video conferencing, online conferencing, email and web authoring. Commenting on the contract, Tim Pearson, CEO of RM, said: "The SSDN-NI vision is bold and clearly demonstrates the Scottish Executive'scommitment to excellence in education. Approximately 750,000 pupils, along withtheir teachers, parents and carers, will benefit from access to world-leadingeducation enterprise software. "I'm delighted that the Scottish Executive has chosen RM as its preferred bidderto deliver this ground-breaking project. We already have a unique track recordof delivering large-scale educational transformation projects with high levelsof customer satisfaction. We're committed to making SSDN-NI part of the fabricof learning and teaching in Scotland." - Ends - For further information, please contact:Mike Greig/Phil Hemmings, RM plc 08709 200200Mark Antelme/Andrew Fenwick, Brunswick 020 7404 5959 Notes to Editors: 1. The Group will now continue detailed negotiations with the ScottishExecutive and final contract award is expected before the end of the financialyear. 2. There are 32 councils, almost 3,000 schools and approximately 750,000pupils in Scotland. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange