T-Systems has won an IT services outsourcing contract valued €125m from German Aerospace Center. The five year contract has an option of extending for another year.
The agreed contract includes development, set-up, operation and support of computers, communication infrastructure and application systems and consulting services. The portfolio includes telephones, standardised IT workstations through to supercomputers and grid computing. T-Systems has already been supporting the German Aerospace Center’s ICT systems for the past ten years.
Hans-Joachim Popp, IT manager and chief information officer at the center, said: We consistently source all basic IT services from external providers. This makes the German Aerospace Center a pioneer in the area of modern IT procurement for research institutions. The new invitation to tender gave us the opportunity to align the terms and conditions of the contract more closely to our changing requirements.”
Reinhard Clemens, member of the Deutsche Telekom board of management and CEO of T-Systems, said: “With our subsidiary, T-Systems Solutions for Research, we have a strong service provider for the science and research field. We are pooling the products and services of Deutsche Telekom to meet the unique requirements of the German Aerospace Center. From standard products, such as phones, to special services, such as supercomputers for calculation-intensive simulations, we deliver nationwide.”
