CSC, the IT services provider, has secured information technology outsourcing contracts with five UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) companies and the Civil Nuclear Police Authority (CNPA). The six contracts, which each have a five-year term, have a total estimated value of £31 million.

Under the terms of the contracts, CSC will provide the UKAEA companies and the CNPA with a full range of infrastructure services including desktop, help desk and network support, applications management and database administration. UKAEA companies serviced under the separate contracts are Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd., Research Sites Restoration Ltd., UKAEA Culham, UKAEA Ltd. and UKAEA itself. As part of the arrangement, UKAEA will transfer its in-house IT team to CSC.

CSC will deliver the contracts through its Civil Nuclear Centre of Excellence in Westlakes, Cumbria, UK, which specialises in IT capabilities for nuclear power clients.

"CSC is pleased to be working with the UKAEA group of companies and the CNPA," said Nick Wilson, president of CSC's operations in the UK, Nordics, Middle East and Africa. "These contracts build on our position as the UK's number one supplier of IT services and solutions to the UK civil nuclear industry. We now work for 14 different UK organizations operating in this evolving sector, as well as many others around the world."

"This is an excellent outcome to the constructive, competitive dialogue between ourselves and CSC," said UKAEA Chief Executive Officer Norman Harrison. "It provides a sound basis for future IT services to a changing UKAEA and retains the skills and expertise of our experienced team while giving them opportunities to develop in a wider commercial environment."