BT has secured a major network services contract with Sellafield, operator of the UK’s largest nuclear site.
The £32m deal between the technology and telecoms firm and Sellafield will cover the running and maintenance of the company’s entire network services, as well as upgrades and updates to current equipment.
The contract will include wide and local area network services, core and gateway services, as well as audio and conferencing, telephony and cyber security.
Upgrades to the network will also enable Sellafield to utilise new technologies such as AI, IoT and 5G in the future.
The contract is one of a number that Sellafield is letting as part of its multi-supplier model for ICT delivery.
The model should improve the flexibility and agility of the company’s IT services, and will see new tools, technologies and capabilities brought to Sellafield.
As part of the five-year contract BT has also agreed to provide £2m of funding for local social value initiatives in the West Cumbria area.
Ashish Gupta, managing director, corporate and public sector for BT’s Enterprise unit, said: “We are really pleased to have secured this major contract with Sellafield and look forward to working in partnership with them to create a network that is secure, fast, reliable and future-proofed, with the added capability to overlay new technologies such as AI, 5G and IoT in the future.”
Sellafield Ltd employs around 11,000 people who work at the West Cumbrian nuclear site and a number of off-site offices in Cumbria and Warrington.
The BT network will incorporate Wi-Fi, a unified communications programme to consolidate conferencing solutions such as Teams and Skype, and in-built security to enable the handling and processing of sensitive data.
