West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking an external supplier for its ICT infrastructure improvement programme. The value of the contract is expected to be between £30m and £50m. The supplier chosen will be required ...
Lincolnshire County Council is seeking a new outsourcing partner following the issue of a tender for services, expected to weigh in at between 85m and 110m. The contract is expected to be awarded in April 2014, with the winning bidder ...
Three London boroughs are planning a £1.1bn four-year framework to unify the provision of IT services in an initiative that may see 28 other London boroughs join in, as well as the Corporation of London. Westminster City Council, ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
The government's vision to have every home in the UK equipped with smart energy meters is getting closer. Next year comes the mass rollout stage but in the meantime, three remaining bidders are battling it out for the right to provide the ...
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Turkey hopes to save millions of Turkish Liras and kilowatts of energy with an ambitious LED street light conversion project that has whet the appetite of sector players, including its leader, General Electric. The project to replace ...
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DELL'S financial advisers tried to persuade 71 potential bidders to make an offer for the troubled personal computer maker before two of them emerged to challenge a proposed $24.4 billion deal with the company's founder, according to ...
With Michael Dell still battling to get his US$24.4 billion buyout deal approved by shareholders, his company needs to avoid a long, drawn-out battle that could erode customer confidence. Dell will soon provide details about any ...
Tags: Dell, Long Buyout Battle, go-shop period
After the quietest year for mergers and acquisitions last year since the global financial crisis, bankers and lawyers are hoping deals in their pipelines will soon come to market and lift volumes. However, activity this year is down more ...
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With oil prices still elevated and operator appetite for offshore drilling seemingly limitless, Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 227 appears headed for vigorous bidding and dollar totals that may match or even surpass 2012's collective ...
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US snack food manufacturer McKee Foods has been selected as the leading stalking horse bidder to acquire Hostess Brands' Drake's snack cake business for $27.5m. Hostess Brands stated that the deal will be presented to the US Bankruptcy ...
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Listed companies have been warned to upgrade their disclosure practices in light of new rules from the Australian Securities Exchange or risk enforcement action from the corporate regulator. The Australian Securities & Investment ...
US private equity firm TPG Capital has entered into an agreement to acquire Australia's leading poultry processor Inghams Enterprises for approximately A$880m ($901m). TPG Capital overcame competition from several other bidders in the ...
Michael Dell is facing new opposition to his plan to take his eponymously named company private after "activist investor" Carl Icahn demanded a $15.7bn (£10.4bn) special dividend. The billionaire investor wants to force Dell to pay ...
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Asset advisory and auction services firm Heritage Global Partners (HGP, a subsidiary of Counsel RB Capital) and equipment auction and valuation firm The Branford Group have announced a global webcast auction of late-model silicon carbide ...
Tags: SiC manufacturing, test equipment, semiconductor manufacturing
The tender launched by the Serbian government in order to find a strategic partner for the country's only steelmaker Zelezara Smederevo, formerly US Steel Serbia, expires today, February 28. The government aims to retain a 25 percent stake ...
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