Software firm, SCISYS Group (SSY) , announced on Monday that it had been selected by Shearwell Data Limited to provide IT services and project management to Defra’s Livestock Information Programme (“LIP”).
The contract value is anticipated to be £2.6m and work is to commence in October 2019 and continue until 2022, with the possibility of a contract extension until 2024.
The contract will support LIP's mission to deliver a competitive trade advantage whilst reestablishing the English meat market as more resilient and responsive to animal disease by way of innovation.
As the lead contractor of LIP, Shearwell will receive services from SCISYS Group directly and will provide the core management database in order to record and trace farm livestock.
To support the UK's world-leading food and farming industry, Defra is aiming to replacing its livestock traceability systems by the end of 2019.In doing so, LIP will work through a new delivery body named Livestock Information Ltd to develop new world-leading standards of livestock traceability in the UK, the company explained.
Commenting on the win, Klaus Heidrich, Chief Executive of SCISYS, said, "We are delighted with this significant contract win, which, despite strong international competition, underlines SCISYS' position as a provider of complex IT services for public projects. My thanks go out to the teams responsible for winning this contract."
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