The BBC has cut the shortlist of potential buyers for BBC Technology down to three. Accenture, CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation) and Siemens now remain as the companies that could win the right to buy the£250m a year company. The purchase brings with it a 10-year£2bn contract with the BBC for IT services. Annual savings of at least£20m to£30m are said to available to the BBC if technology services are outsourced. The winning bidder, who is expected to pay somewhere in the region of£150m for the company, will be announced in the autumn.
The BBC has cut the shortlist of potential buyers for BBC Technology down to three. Accenture, CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation) and Siemens now remain as the companies that could win the right to buy the £250m a year company. The purchase brings with it a 10-year £2bn contract with the BBC for IT services. Annual savings of at least £20m to £30m are said to available to the BBC if technology services are outsourced. The winning bidder, who is expected to pay somewhere in the region of £150m for the company, will be announced in the autumn.

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