Kainos

Kainos appointed as Supplier on Buying Solutions Framework Agreement for Software Application Solutions

Kainos joins the ranks of 20 select providers approved to supply IT solutions to the UK public sector

London & Belfast, January 7th, 2010 – Kainos, (www.kainos.com) a leading IT consulting company, has today announced that it has been appointed as a supplier on the Buying Solutions select framework agreement for software and service provision to the UK public sector.

Buying Solutions is the national procurement partner for UK public services and is an Executive Agency of the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) in the Treasury. The Buying Solutions framework agreements are a set of pre-tendered contracts with a range of suppliers from which public sector customers can purchase goods and services with ease. Every contract and framework agreement has been through a rigorous tendering and evaluation process.

Kainos has for the past three and a half years successfully supplied Enterprise Content Management solutions and services to a wide range of public sector organisations, and has been the framework agreement’s leading supplier in this category for considerable periods during that time. The recent Buying Solutions framework agreement renewal has seen the number of suppliers shrink considerably and Kainos now joins a select list of just 19 other major IT companies, most of which are multinationals, approved to supply these solutions.

Brian Reid, UK Sales Director at Kainos commented, “This is a huge endorsement of Kainos’s capability and track record in successfully servicing the UK public sector. This framework agreement procurement was particularly arduous and demanding and only the most capable suppliers were selected. We are proud to be ranked alongside multinational outsourcers and it absolutely demonstrates the quality of our organisation and our ability to deliver to world class standards”.

“We are delighted to be working alongside Kainos on the software application solutions framework agreement, an integral vehicle for providing individual or end to end software solutions, for the lifetime of the framework agreement.” - Kris Ross, Senior Software Category Manager.

About Buying Solutions
Buying Solutions is an Executive Agency of the Office of Government Commerce in the Treasury. They  are the national procurement partner for UK public services. They have extensive expertise in procurement, with over 500,000 products and services delivered through over 1,000 suppliers, in ICT, property and office solutions, energy, travel and professional services. Their EU-compliant, benchmarked framework agreements and other procurement arrangements enable organisations to deliver improved value for money in their commercial activities. They also provide expertise and professional support to their customers. More details are available on the website, www.buyingsolutions.gov.uk.