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ITNET PLC
28 July 2003

                                      ITNET plc
                            ("ITNET" or the "Company")

               ITNET AWARDED #83M CONTRACT WITH THE CABINET OFFICE

Birmingham, 28 July 2003: ITNET, a leading IT, business process outsourcing and
business consulting company, today announces that it has been awarded a Data
Centre Hosting Project contract from the Cabinet Office.  The committed value of
the initial five-year contract is #83m with options for further service and for
a further two year extension, making this the single largest contract win in
the Company's history. The contract is also the Company's first major win in
the important Central Government market, one of its key target sectors.

ITNET will be responsible for providing a fully resilient, cost-effective and
secure managed service for the three infrastructure building blocks.

From 28 July 2003, ITNET will be involved in transferring the Government
Gateway, an authentication and routing service; the Knowledge Network, a
Government information sharing facility; and Delivering on the Promise (DotP),
a pan-government content management system, from the existing arrangements to a
single managed service. Other Government departments will be able to make use of
this hosting capability in the future.

Bridget Blow, Chief Executive of ITNET, commented "Working with the Cabinet
Office to deliver this electronic transformation complements the services ITNET
has offered since 1987 - achieving high value business benefits through
technology, process and people.  ITNET's support in improving the quality of
Government services is key to our Public sector strategy. This contract win is
evidence of ITNET's strong reputation and expertise within Central Government
IT services."


Further Enquiries:

ITNET plc
Bridget Blow, Chief Executive                                Tel: 0121 459 1155 
Anne Pickup, Corporate Communications Manager


Cubitt Consulting
Peter Ogden                                                   Tel: 020 7367 5100


Notes to Editors:

About ITNET:

ITNET is a leading IT, business consulting and business process outsourcing 
company.

ITNET's strength is its ability to draw on its proven expertise of select
markets  and business processes to provide high-level business transformation
solutions  through the implementation and support of a client's technology and
processes.


In 2002, turnover increased to #179million. ITNET employs more than 2,200 people 
throughout the UK. 

ITNET's customer list is impressive. Those that can be listed in the commercial 
marketplace include Charles Schwab Europe, Equitas, Transport for London,
Powergen, Bristol Water, Crossrail, Centrica, Staffordshire Building Society,
Credit Lyonnais and FirstGroup. In the public sector, customers include:
Birmingham City Council, the London Boroughs of Richmond, Southwark and
Haringey, Colchester Borough Council, South West Regional Development Agency
and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

ITNET is also delivering application solutions in areas such as SAP, 
e-procurement, e-commerce, CRM, internet and intranet technologies, change
management and web-hosting.


For more information please go to www.itnetplc.com or email 
pressoffice@itnetplc.com.




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