Addnode Group has received a letter of allotment for planning and monitoring for the city of Gothenburg worth approximately SEK 35 million
STOCKHOLM, February 12, 2015 - Kartena, a subsidiary of Addnode Group, has received a letter of allotment by the city of Gothenburg for the planning and monitoring of its welfare sector. The delivery will be made as a SaaS and the order value is estimated at approximately
SEK 35 million over five years with the possibility of extension.
The new planning and reporting system will primarily be used for the planning of agreed actions, monitoring the work carried out and route optimization in the welfare sector in all ten district administrations and social resource management of the city of Gothenburg. The welfare sector includes elderly care, health care, disability care and individual and family care.
The assignment includes implementation of projects, integration, maintenance and support during the contract period. The basis of this SaaS is Kompanion, Projektstyrning Prima AB's web-based planning tool for home care services, which is already used by a large number of municipalities and private companies. Addnode Group owns 37% of Projektstyrning Prima.
"We are very pleased to be chosen to deliver this prestigious assignment to the city of Gothenburg. This is a very interesting project as it becomes a shared planning and monitoring system for Sweden’s largest public provider of elderly care”, says Rikard Linnroth, CEO of Kartena.
"We have for some time now focused on strengthening our offering to the softer parts of the public sector. The city of Gothenburg has chosen to work with us in the welfare sector, which proves that we have a strong offering and we see suitable growth opportunities in this area", says Staffan Hanstorp, President and CEO of Addnode Group.
The letter of allotment from the city of Gothenburg to Kartena AB is a declaration of intent to enter a final agreement. In accordance with the Public Procurement Act it is now a standstill period of 10 days before the contract can be signed.
For more information, please contact:
Rikard Linneroth, CEO, Kartena AB
Phone: + 46 (0) 31 774 43 90, e-mail: rikard.linneroth@kartena.se
Staffan Hanstorp, CEO and President Addnode Group
Phone: +46 (0) 733 77 24 30, e-mail: staffan.hanstorp@addnodegroup.com
Johan Andersson, CFO and head of IR, Addnode Group
Phone: +46 (0) 704 205 831, e-mail: johan.andersson@addnodegroup.com
About Addnode Group
Addnode Group offers operation-critical IT-solutions to selected markets within both private and public sectors. We acquire, build and develop companies that deliver operation-critical IT solutions for specific needs from our customers.
Every day, 400,000 engineers use our systems to develop and maintain products, buildings and installations. 100,000 salaried employees in the public sector use our solutions for municipal and government management.
We have 950 employees in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, the UK, the US, India and Serbia. Net sales in 2014 amounted to SEK 1,599 M. Addnode Group's Series B share is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Nordic Small Cap. Learn more about Addnode Group on: www.addnodegroup.com.
About Kartena
Kartena AB is specialized in developing modern systems and solutions in geographic information systems. The need of positioning, monitor and visualize geographic available in many different contexts. Our offerings often include system optimization, positioning and web-based GIS. Learn more about Kartena on: www.kartena.se.
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