SA State Government Issues Interim Extension Of IT Services Contract With NEC Australia

NEC continues to provide reliable and flexible IT support services to government agencies across metro and regional South Australia

SA State Government issues interim extension of IT Services contract with NEC AustraliaNEC continues to provide reliable and flexible IT support services to government agencies across metro and regional South Australia

NEC Australia, a leading technology solutions and services company, recently announced a multi-million dollar interim contract extension with The Office of the CIO, State Government of South Australia who has extended its Distributed Computing Support Services panel contract for another year, whilst it undertakes a new open market approach.

Under the extended agreement, NEC Australia will continue to provide reliable and flexible IT support services to government agencies across metro and regional South Australia.

In total, NEC Australia will support over 1,500 servers and numerous Agency SANs plus Backup/Restore Services which in some cases occur every 15 minutes 24/7.   NEC Australia will also continue to provide help desk services to support agency calls for assistance as part of this service.

In response to ad hoc customer service demands from Agencies, NEC Australia has recently formed a dedicated Project Delivery Team to expedite these requests to ensure that these demands are delivered on time and on budget.

The contract extension runs through from 1st July, 2013 to 30th June 2014.

“NEC Australia is honoured to extend our contract with The Office of the CIO in SA, building a 4-year partnership for IT services between NEC Australia and the State Government of South Australia,” said Chris Korte, State Manager of SA, NEC Australia.

This contract extension follows a strong history of NEC Australia working with the SA Government. In 2012, the South Australian Government also exercised a multi-million dollar pre-approved three-year extension option to its existing Telephony PBX Maintenance contract with NEC Australia for the provision of telephony related infrastructure services.