TCS to provide service deal to UK firm

Mumbai: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has entered into an eight-year deal worth £60 million (about Rs 478 crore) to provide ‘end-to-end’ IT applications services to UK-based water utility firm, Scottish Water.

The outsourcing engagement will enable Scottish Water to save a minimum of £8 m (about Rs 64 crore) in operating expenditure alone over the next 8 years, according to a news release from TCS.

Established in 2002, Scottish Water is a state-owned company that provides water and sewerage services to about 5.5 million customers in Scotland.

TCS has been selected as the only partner for services such as application management and support, strategic enterprise information, business intelligence and integration services. TCS has also been selected as one of five partners to participate in the development framework for enterprise package implementations.