Logica to continue managing outsourced IT services until 2014
Logica, a leading IT and business services company, today announced that Morrison Utility Services has extended an outsourced IT service agreement that will provide further efficiency and flexibility throughout its IT infrastructure while ensuring a competitive cost base. Morrison Utility Services has been a Logica client for eight years, and the new £10.9 million deal will see this relationship extend to 2014. The service supports Morrison Utility Services’ 3,200-strong workforce, spread across more than 50 sites in the UK and Ireland.

Morrison Utility Services, one of the UK and Ireland’s leading utility services providers, offers replacement, repair, provision and maintenance of utility infrastructure to the gas, water, electricity and telecommunications sectors. Given the fast-changing, dynamic nature of Morrison Utility Services’ business, Logica will continue to focus on delivering a flexible service, enabling the delivery team to react quickly to the changing needs of Morrison Utility Services and its customers.

In addition to supporting and continuing to update their infrastructure services, Logica will also provide application and change management services. Logica is working closely with Morrison Utility Services to foster innovation and help deploy new technology to benefit their clients. Solutions such as cloud based services are helping them deliver greater flexibility, reliability and speed of deployment.

Judith Halkerston, Managing Director for Energy, Utilities and Telecoms, Logica, highlighted that the contract extension reflects the commitment shown to Morrison by the service delivery team: “We are excited about continuing to provide Morrison with a service that helps them continue leading in their market. By understanding their need for flexibility in what we deliver, our team is helping Morrison to provide the level of partnership-based service that its clients demand.”

Graeme Cross, Head of IT at Morrison Utility Services, explains that this extension is testimony to the strength of relationship his team enjoys with Logica. "As our business grows and adapts to changing market conditions, Logica continues to re-engineer its service. The contract that we have with Logica provides a flexible framework that meets the changing nature of our business and we look forward to working together.”

Morrison Utility Services
Morrison Utility Services is a leading service provider within the electricity, gas, telecommunications and water sectors. Our business is centred on the provision, replacement, repair and maintenance of utility network infrastructure, for example: electricity substations, water and gas pipes, electric and telecommunication cables and installation of water, electricity and gas meters on behalf of our clients, utility companies in the UK and Ireland. By the nature of our business, our people are often in the frontline, for example, repairing or replacing the utility infrastructure or installing meters or utility connections in the home. Safety and customer service are top of our agenda and we are fully committed to helping our clients achieve their best performance safely and whilst offering excellent service to their customers.
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