CIV Civica

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Civica PLC
07 August 2007



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                      7 AUGUST 2007


                                    Civica plc


            Sheffield BSF financial close and Essex schools contract

                          'Strengthen market position'


Civica plc, the software and services group focused on the public sector, has
signed two significant contracts in its expanding education business, amounting
to nearly #50 million over the next decade. The company has reached contractual
agreement with Sheffield City Council as strategic ICT partner for the city's
Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme, as part of the Paradigm
consortium led by Taylor Woodrow Construction. Civica anticipates that this
contract will be worth approximately #45 million over all three phases of the
9-year programme.


Civica has also been awarded a contract by Essex County Council worth #3.3
million over 3 years to provide the foundation for a shared learning environment
for schools across the county.


Sheffield's BSF programme is part of the Local Education Partnership comprising
Sheffield City Council, Partnerships for Schools and the Paradigm Consortium.
Within the Partnership Civica will design and deliver a managed service
supporting the ICT infrastructure and technology for BSF linked through a
central data centre. Civica will also support the Partnership in determining the
strategic ICT solution to help transform its secondary schools whilst delivering
best value. Wave 1 covers nine schools divided into two phases for which the
contract value is #11.25 million.


In Essex, Civica has been selected by the County Council to develop and deploy
an ICT infrastructure to enable pupils and staff across the county to share
information and to collaborate in a secure environment, providing improved
communications and access to ICT resources when and where needed.


Simon Downing, chief executive at Civica said, "We are delighted to have the
opportunity to work in partnership with both the Sheffield LEP and with Essex
County Council to help deliver their vision for schools. We believe both
programmes have the potential to transform the educational environment for the
benefit of students, teachers, schools and parents and we look forward to
working together to provide a modern foundation for learning and collaboration."



For further information, please contact:

Civica plc                                    020 7760 2813
Simon Downing, Chief Executive
Michael Stoddard, Finance Director

Buchanan Communications                       020 7466 5000
Tim Thompson / Nicola Cronk


About Building Schools for the Future

BSF is the Government's national schools investment programme, managed by
Partnerships for Schools on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and
Families (DCSF, formerly the Department for Education and Skills). BSF is
designed to transform education through improving all of England's secondary
school buildings and facilities over the next 10 to 15 years (subject to future
public spending decisions).

About Civica

Civica plc (www.civica.co.uk) is a market leader in software-based solutions
that help public sector organisations to improve service delivery to their
communities, with particular expertise in local government, housing, law
enforcement, education and healthcare. Blending consulting, software and managed
services, the group supplies more than 1,500 customers in the UK, Australia,
Singapore and the USA, including approximately 89 per cent of the UK's local
authorities.

About Paradigm

Paradigm is a consortium of Taylor Woodrow Construction, Taylor Woodrow
Facilities Management, Civica plc, HLM and BDP Architects and HSBC Bank.






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