The Perth-based company has found itself with a run of new contracts thanks to its heightened capability in regards to Microsoft-based applications, garnered from its acquisitions of fellow Australian companies OBS, eSavvy and Intergen over the course of 2013 and 2014.
The contract with Rio has a total term of five years, structured as an initial three-year period, with two one-year options.
Empired will provide application support for more than 170 unique applications employed by Rio to manage its mining, processing, rail and port operations.
The applications span a number of technologies including Legacy Platforms, Oracle, Microsoft.Net, Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft CRM.
The contract win builds on previously struck technical systems transformation (TST) program with Rio.
Empired announced a $50 million TST program with an unnamed major resources company in September, 2013, but could not confirm today that it was the same deal.
“We are delighted to be trusted by an organisation as prestigious as Rio Tinto to manage applications that are critical to the efficient operation of one of the world’s largest mining operations,” Empired managing director Russel Baskerville said.
“This award speaks volumes about the quality of services currently being provided by Empired to Rio Tinto under the TST program and I would like to thank all our staff for their professionalism and dedication to Empired and our clients.”
“I am also pleased to see our extended Microsoft capability through the acquisitions of OBS, eSavvy and Intergen leveraged to provide a seamless and cohesive solution to Rio Tinto.
“These acquisitions have been pivotal to our strategy and this win vindicates our strategy to leverage the broader capability to win large multi-year contracts.”
“Rio Tinto continues to present a great opportunity to Empired and we are focused on working with them to identify areas where we can assist Rio Tinto to deliver on its stated business objectives.”
The contract follows closely on the heels of a $12 million contract with the Ministry for Primary Industries in New Zealand and another managed services contract with Toyota.
