Accenture announced that it has signed a $16.5 million IT application services agreement with the European Parliament to develop, maintain and support a variety of applications across the Parliament’s operations.
The agreement is designed to support the European Parliament’s overall information technology strategy and to drive greater operational efficiencies across the institution.
This contract, awarded after a competitive public procurement process, will provide application development, maintenance and support for the European Parliament. Accenture will oversee the development and integration of new applications across functional areas such as human resources, finance, logistics and administrative management.
Both businesses and governments are increasingly seeking application development support to ensure their organizations operate to the highest standards to drive efficiencies. For the European Parliament, Accenture will analyze, design, build, test and implement new functions and applications as a managed service over the next four years. We are very pleased to be working with the European Parliament for the first time,” said Sean Shine, managing director of Health & Public Service practice in Europe, Africa and Latin America, Accenture.
Recently, Accenture has entered into an agreement with Intertek, a global provider of quality and safety solutions, to provide Intertek with global IT and finance and accounting (F&A) services on an outsourced basis.
The agreement includes the provision of technology infrastructure, application management and back-office accounting services. Financial details were not disclosed.
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