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Outsourced IT is on the agenda for National Savings & Investments (NS&I), after it revealed it is planning to rid itself of some of its workload.

The financial organisation is searching for a company capable of dealing with a number of its business operations.

Among the tasks NS&I plans to outsource are IT work, call centre duties, back office services and system upgrades, reported Guardian Government Computing.

It is believed that any outsourced IT deal signed by the body could be worth up to £2 billion.

A spokesman for NS&I told the news source that government departments have a need for "transaction processing services", which could take the strain off an organisation with more than 26 million customers.

Success with NS&I could lead an outsourced IT specialist to seal deals with other Westminster-based bodies.

ShareCast recently told how Resolution, which owns the Friends Life Group, has turned to outsourced IT in a bid to improve its efficiency.

Posted by Shannon Wells