The City of Santa Clara, California, has signed a contract with Unisys Corporation to provide information technology (IT) and application outsourcing services. The five-year contract has an estimated value of approximately $20 million. The city can extend the contract for an additional two years at its discretion. Under the contract, Unisys will provide a full range of IT management and support and application services for the city government.

The Unisys services will support 15 city departments, administrative offices and utilities, helping more than 1,000 end users serve the city’s 117,000 residents more effectively.

Gaurav Garg, Director of Information Technology, City of Santa Clara explained; “The City of Santa Clara has a new vision for the way IT can add value to the business of municipal government,” He continued, “We want to see IT management services and expertise available on demand, wherever and whenever needed, to serve continually changing initiatives and public-service priorities.”