Transport for London names Atos as Primary Service Desk contractor

Atos, a leading digital services company, today announced it has been awarded a contract to run Transport for London’s Primary Service Desk. The service is due to begin in March 2015.

The 3 – 4 year contract worth up to £6 million will see Atos deliver a high quality Service Desk solution, which will drive service improvements, cost efficiencies and deliver innovations in service to end users

Steve Townsend, Chief Information Officer for TfL said “Transport for London promised we were going to transform the way we provide our Information Management services to our business and ultimately our customers. Atos provided a compelling bid and their approach complemented our transformation plan, making them the ideal partner to help take our plans forward.”

Atos will play a key role in supporting TfL’s move towards a new IM service delivery model and will bring proven experience and knowledge in managing this transition and delivering effectively under a SIAM model. The Atos Service Desk will be able to identify cross tower issues and trends through gathering real time information from across the organisation. The service desk will be able to spot these trends emerging and quickly and proactively suggest solutions to improve the end user experience.

Gerry Sheridan, Managed Services, Atos, commented: “We are delighted to be joining the Transport for London Information Management team. We believe our appointment will bring considerable benefits to the TfL team by delivering new and better business-focussed service targets and measures that will provide significant savings in ICT spend.”

About Atos

Atos SE (Societas Europaea) is a leader in digital services with 2013 pro forma annual revenue of €10 billion and 86,000 employees in 66 countries. Serving a global client base, the Group provides Consulting & Systems Integration services, Managed Services & BPO, Cloud operations, Big Data & Security solutions, as well as transactional services through Worldline, the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry. With its deep technology expertise and industry knowledge, the Group works with clients across different business sectors: Defence, Financial Services, Health, Manufacturing, Media & Utilities, Public Sector, Retail, Telecommunications and Transportation.

Atos is focused on business technology that powers progress and helps organizations to create their firm of the future. The Group is the Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the Olympic & Paralympic Games and is listed on the Euronext Paris market. Atos operates under the brands Atos, Atos Consulting, Atos Worldgrid, Bull, Canopy, and Worldline.