Norway Posts, on Monday, said it had awarded contracts worth $43 million each to software services provider Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and outsourcing services firm Capgemini for operating and managing its applications.
“The new contracts will make it possible to reduce costs considerably, and gives us access to relevant expertise from two large, recognised global players. We’ve now paved the way for new and future-oriented IT solutions for Norway Post,” Posten Norge AS CIO Morten Stødle said in a statement.
The estimated value to each of the suppliers, Capgemini and TCS, during the contract period is around NOK 250 million ( $43 million), it added.
The six-year contract includes delivery of a wide range of application development and support services across Norway Post’s—which delivers over 36 million packages and 2.2 billion letters every year—core portfolio of 55 applications.
“Apart from being selected to deliver application services across the core postal value chains, TCS will also co-ordinate and drive the overall transition across multiple vendors,” TCS said in a separate statement.
Capgemini, in a statement , said, “Capgemini will support Norway Post to achieve integration across different Nordic countries and business cultures into one set of seamless operations. The contract includes outsourcing of central applications, such as ERP and data warehousing.”
Source:-The Hindu
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