Taylor Wimpey outsources IT delivery

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The UK's largest construction firm has today announced it has outsourced its IT of its housing division in a deal worth £30 million over five years.

Taylor Wimpey was formed when Taylor Woodrow and George Wimpey merged in July 2007. It said it hopes to save 20 per cent on the cost of IT service delivery through the deal which will oversee the integration and management of the merged company's entire IT systems.

Today's announcement said a key factor in the decision to hand all of the IT infrastructure to LogicaCMG was the trust and confidence established between the organisations following the services provider's successful delivery of outsourcing services for the service desk, data centre, desktop and remote infrastructure management of George Wimpey over the last six years.

The deal is designed to improve the overall IT services function to the firm's business and will be responsible for the transformation of Taylor Wimpey's IT systems, including hosting and project services.

This will also include a focus on common infrastructure services across the merged organisation and an improved service delivery model that exploits shared services, which will deliver the headline savings over the lifecycle of the new contract.

In addition to the IT outsourcing contract, Taylor Wimpey has made LogicaCMG part of its IT leadership team. This partnership approach, based on the existing relationship with George Wimpey, will see the outsourcer work collaboratively with the merged organisation to address current IT issues.

Paul Caris, Taylor Wimpey chief information officer stated: "Our challenge, following the merger, was to provide a consistent IT service across the enlarged UK business and to deliver cost efficiencies through economies of scale. It was important for us to have a trusted partner with the ability to deliver core services across 50 offices. This allowed our internal team to focus on integrating our strategic business systems."

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