Comino PLC - Contracts Awarded to Subsid.
February 15 1999 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
RNS No 6078n
COMINO PLC
15th February 1999
COMINO PLC: CONTRACT AWARDS
Context Computers subsidiary wins #500,000 of new contracts
Comino plc, the supplier of software based business solutions for the social
housing, local authority, pensions and clothing sectors, announces that its
Context Computers ("Context") subsidiary has been awarded three new contracts
by housing associations and local authorities worth more than #500,000. They
include a first-ever contract in facilities management. The contracts in
detail are:
* Fosseway Housing Association of Cirencester, Gloucestershire. A long-
standing Context customer, Fosseway has awarded Context the contract to run
its housing management systems and network administration. The contract, which
includes a #100,000 upgrade of Fosseway's systems, involves running the
Fosseway computer systems, maintaining full back-up and providing 40 days'
consultancy per annum for five years to Fosseway staff.
Bob Reade, Fosseway Housing Association's Director of Central Resources,
commented: "The contract is going very well. What makes this arrangement
different is the consultancy we are getting, which will ensure our staff use
the systems to their full advantage."
* Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. One of Context's largest customers,
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council has just completed a two-year project
to implement Minerva, Context's top-end management information system. Through
a wide area network connecting 14 local area offices and the housing service's
head office, Wakefield's housing managers can now generate management reports
in a matter of minutes that would have taken some weeks to prepare under the
old systems. The first of its kind, the contract is worth #150,000.
Operational information is downloaded weekly into Minerva's multi-dimensional
database (known as OLAP) and can then be accessed instantaneously. The reports
generated can then be interrogated and manipulated in a variety of ways.
Steve Hunt, Wakefield Housing Service's Strategic Services Manager, commented:
"Minerva has speeded up the whole process of information provision to
operational staff. We are now working with Context to develop new modules that
would allow us to replace some of the hard copy reports we produce in areas
such as housing benefits, sundry debts, and Citizens Charter Performance
Indicators."
* Blackpool Borough Council. Blackpool Borough Council's Housing Department
has recently completed a thorough evaluation of all its various systems
suppliers as part of a process aimed at implementing an integrated housing
system. Following an open tender process, it chose Context, whose letting
module had previously been used to manage Blackpool's waiting list. The main
modules will be introduced in two stages and the system will be ready to use
by late summer 1999. The value of the order is #175,000.
Madeleine Buckley, Senior Management Officer at Blackpool Borough Council,
commented:
"Our current systems have been reviewed to ensure they are millennium
compliant. The new system will be more streamlined integrating three separate
systems into one management system. We are very happy with the contract with
Context as the service should improve enormously."
Editor's note:
Context software manages a full range of social housing activities, from
development finance to lettings, rental control, repairs and long term
maintenance planning. A full module also exists for the management of Direct
Service Organisations.
Most Context customers manage a large number of rented properties. The
systems are used by housing associations and local authorities in the UK, and
notably by two large housing operations in Canada and Australia. Context
currently has some 200 housing customers, of which 27 are local authorities.
For further information contact:
Garth Selvey, Chief Executive
Comino plc 01628 525 433
Barrie Johnson, Business Development Director
Context 01943 851 010
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