Oct, 2001 : BlueStar Gets $15M Contract by NC Dept of Transportation
📅 - BlueStar Solutions (bluestarsolutions.com), formerly eOnline, Inc., an enterprise application outsourcer, yesterday announced it has been selected by the North Carolina Office of Information Technology Services to host and manage the SAP environment for the state's Department of Transportation (dot.state.nc.us). The value of the three-year contract is approximately $15 million.
BlueStar Solutions will be providing services to an initial user base ofapproximately 4,000 employees on SAP R/3 with IS-PS (IndustrySolutions-Public Sector). While the contract is specifically aimed atsupporting North Carolina's Department of Transportation, the State intendsto make the services available to all state agencies, including communitycolleges, institutions, counties, municipalities, public schools, and otherlocal governmental entities.
"We are extremely proud that the North Carolina Department of Transportationhas selected us as their partner to help them improve fiscal-relatedprocesses and information management within the Department of Transportationand any other state government agency that may require it," said Thomas F.Kelly, chairman and CEO of BlueStar Solutions.
"This contract is especially noteworthy for two reasons," added Kelly. "Itsends a clear signal that Governments, like private businesses, are lookingfor ways to focus more resources on their core business and save money andthat they acknowledge that applications outsourcing is an effective means todo that."
Under the terms of the contract, BlueStar Solutions will be responsible forprocurement of initial hardware and additional hardware needed toaccommodate growth; monitoring and control of the network, hardware,application, and operating system; and security and customer support.
BlueStar Solutions will be providing services to an initial user base ofapproximately 4,000 employees on SAP R/3 with IS-PS (IndustrySolutions-Public Sector). While the contract is specifically aimed atsupporting North Carolina's Department of Transportation, the State intendsto make the services available to all state agencies, including communitycolleges, institutions, counties, municipalities, public schools, and otherlocal governmental entities.
"We are extremely proud that the North Carolina Department of Transportationhas selected us as their partner to help them improve fiscal-relatedprocesses and information management within the Department of Transportationand any other state government agency that may require it," said Thomas F.Kelly, chairman and CEO of BlueStar Solutions.
"This contract is especially noteworthy for two reasons," added Kelly. "Itsends a clear signal that Governments, like private businesses, are lookingfor ways to focus more resources on their core business and save money andthat they acknowledge that applications outsourcing is an effective means todo that."
Under the terms of the contract, BlueStar Solutions will be responsible forprocurement of initial hardware and additional hardware needed toaccommodate growth; monitoring and control of the network, hardware,application, and operating system; and security and customer support.
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