The Swedish Agency for Public Management signs general agreement with

The Swedish Agency for Public Management signs general agreement with TietoEnator TietoEnator and the Swedish Agency for Public Management have signed a general agreement concerning the supply of IT consultant services. The agreement strengthens TietoEnator's position as supplier of IT services to the state authorities in Sweden. Statskontoret´s agreement is valid for two years for a number of large authorities, among others, the National Labour Market Board (AMS), the National Swedish Police Board (RPS) and the Swedish National Tax Board (RSV). The agreement comprises consultant services within IT operational development, strategy, project management, system development, system administration, customer service and computer operation technique. The agreement is expected to turn over SEK 250 million per year, and TietoEnator is one of the eight companies that were chosen as suppliers of the nation-wide services. - The agreement that has now been signed considerably strengthens our position in the state market. We already have general agreements with eight state authorities and now gain a further six agreements. We have made efforts to produce the best consultants and we are convinced that the co-operation with the authorities will be beneficial to all parties. We will now start discussions with the authorities as to how we proceed in the work of contributing to the renewal of the public sector in Sweden, says Lars Gahnström, MD of TietoEnator Public Sector AB. TietoEnator's general agreement with Statskontoret supports the company's strategy to increase the consultancy contributions within the Swedish state sector. For further information, please contact: Lars Gahnström, MD, TietoEnator Public Sector, +46 8 749 80 24 Per-Erik Lundh, Marketing Manager, TietoEnator Public Sector, +46 8 749 83 03 With over 10,000 employees and annual net sales of EUR 1.1 billion, TietoEnator is a leading supplier of high value-added IT services in Europe. TietoEnator specialises in consulting, building and hosting its customers' business operations in the digital economy. The Group's services are based on a combination of deep industry-specific expertise and latest information technology. www.tietoenator.com TIETOENATOR CORPORATION DISTRIBUTION Principal media ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2001/11/28/20011128BIT00310/bit0002.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2001/11/28/20011128BIT00310/bit0002.pdf