In a move to provide greater cost savings and efficiencies, West Sussex County Council has announced that it has selected Capita as the preferred partner for their support services partnership. A broad range of services will be affected, including HR, finance and procurement - all of which will now be outsourced to Capita.

This is a 10 year contract worth approximately £154m in additional revenue which will deliver a range of services including HR and payroll, finance, office services, online service delivery, procurement and pensions administration.
 
The contract is expected to be signed later this month, with work commencing from September.