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Mass selected as preferred bi
Mass selected as preferred bi.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n RNS Number : 2394Q Cohort PLC 07 April 2009 \n \n\n07 April 2009\n\nCOHORT PLC\nMASS SELECTED AS PREFERRED BIDDER ON A BUILDING SCHOOLS FOR THE FUTURE (BSF) PROJECT\nCohort plc, the independent technology group, today announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary, MASS Consultants Limited, as part of a consortium led by May Gurney Integrated Services plc, has been selected as the preferred bidder to provide new and refurbished schools for North Lincolnshire Council under the government's Building Schools for the Future Programme. The consortium will now enter into discussions to finalise detailed terms of the contract and work is currently expected to begin in the second half of 2009.\nMASS will provide and integrate a range of ICT equipment, networks and software for these schools, and a managed service for its support and maintenance. MASS already provides this type of service to a range of government and private sector clients. The contract value for MASS is expected to exceed £10m over 7 years.\nStanley Carter, Chief Executive said: 'This is an important and encouraging step for MASS who is an integral part of the consortium. We now need to finalise the detail with North Lincolnshire Council on the facilities and services that they need, and we look forward to a long and successful relationship with them.'\n\nFor further information, please contact\n\n\n\n\n\nCohort plc \nStanley Carter, Chief Executive\nSimon Walther, Finance Director\n\n\n01491 845 630\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInvestec \nKeith Anderson\n\n\n020 7597 5970\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHogarth Partnership Limited \nJulian Walker, Andrew Jaques, Vicky Watkins\n\n\n020 7357 9477\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNOTES TO EDITORS\n\nMASS is bidding alongside May Gurney Integrated Services plc and NPS Property Consultants Ltd for the North Lincolnshire BSF programme, which will cover a number of new build and refurbishment projects for secondary schools in the Scunthorpe area.\n\nCohort plc (www.cohortplc.com) is a technology group working primarily for defence (air, land and sea), wider government and industry clients, through three market-facing subsidiary companies: \n \n\n\nMASS (www.mass.co.uk) - a specialist defence and aerospace systems develope...