Scottish government appoints Amor Group

The Scottish Government has appointed leading business technology solutions company Amor Group as its technical supplier to work with its Information Services and Information Systems (ISIS) division for the next three years, with two optional 12-month extensions.

ISIS provides a common platform (SCOTS) for the core Scottish Government and allied Central Government Agencies, equating to support for over 10,000 users over more than 150 sites across Scotland, using over 10,000 devices such as laptops, desktop computers, and various mobile devices.
Amor will work with ISIS to help deliver the SCOTS Connect range of Managed Services that enables Public Servants in Scotland to benefit from a secure, flexible and cost efficient ICT infrastructure, a wide range of shared services and the capability to collaborate across the public sector.
Scotland based Amor Group was appointed on the basis of having the wide scope of skills required to support ISIS and provide technical support services to the thousands of users on the SCOTS network.


Jimmy Lumsden, Public Services Senior Business Unit Director at Amor said: “This is a significant contract for Amor Group’s Public Services sector. We are pleased to be supporting the Scottish Government on such a significant aspect of its IT infrastructure. This contract adds to our already solid foundations for future growth across the Scottish Public Sector and will also be beneficial to us as we aim to expand our Public Sector activities across the whole of the UK in 2013 and beyond.


“This win shows that there is a real appetite to look beyond big companies to achieve improved flexibility, responsiveness and value.
“We have a very strong proven track record of successful working across the Scottish Government and we are looking forward to building further on this over the next few years.”


Andy McClintock CTO at the Scottish Government said:  “Amor Group provides a significant pool of highly skilled, permanently employed and experienced staff in Scotland. They are also in a position to offer a very flexible and responsive solution to what we require.”


The technical services Amor will provide includes: IT consultancy, project and programme management, IT development and support services, data network management services and management of third party suppliers.
 

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