Canadian technology firm CGI group has secured a three-year end user computing services contract to provide information and communications technology (ICT) services to Highways England (formerly known as The Highways Agency).

The contract will support Highways England through a major IT refresh and its transition from a government agency within the UK Department for Transport (DfT) to a government-owned company.

Under the deal, CGI will offer end user computing services through a collaborative ICT model for more than 3,500 Highways England staff.

"This contract is further evidence of transport authorities in the UK turning to CGI to manage their core infrastructures."

The deal will allow Highways England to further benefit from disaggregated ICT services, providing greater flexibility to facilitate the modernisation of its ICT infrastructure.

CGI’s new end user computing services will improve business agility, mobility and security, enabling Highways England to adopt a range of mobile devices such as secure laptops and tablets.

The company said that the solution will be supported 24/7 by CGI’s service desk, secure government cloud infrastructure and secure operations centre (SOC).

CGI Public Sector UK senior vice-president Steve Thorn said: "This contract is further evidence of transport authorities in the UK turning to CGI to manage their core infrastructures."

Each month, Highways England manages more than 20,000 road incidents and is responsible for maintaining the UK’s trategic road network (SRN) to ensure the smooth running of road traffic.