Big deal for small firm; yourmoney: : TECHNOLOGY.Byline: GRAHAM HISCOTT A SMALL Co Armagh computer manufacturer has beaten the big boys to win a contract to supply nearly 600 computers to the South Eastern Regional College. FMS FMS - Flexible Manufacturing System (factory automation). of Lurgan is supplying 500 PCs and 80 laptops under a contract worth more than pounds 270,000, it was announced yesterday. Finance Minister Sammy Wilson Sammy Wilson (born April 4, 1953, Belfast) is a politician in Northern Ireland and both Member of Parliament and a Member of the Legislative Assembly for East Antrim.[1] said the award was further evidence of the breadth of opportunities available to local firms for supplies and services for the public sector. He added: "The Central Procurement The procurement of materiel, supplies, or services by an officially designated command or agency with funds specifically provided for such procurement for the benefit and use of the entire component or, in the case of single managers, for the Military Departments as a whole. Directorate within my department issued this tender competition to those suppliers listed on the Northern Ireland Civil Service IT Hardware Framework, all of whom are based locally." The supply of the PCs and laptops will allow the college to provide technical courses using the latest software products. |
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