Glasgow City Council Awards Seven Year Transformational ICT Outsourcing Contract to CGI

London and Glasgow, Scotland (ots/PRNewswire) -

Contract designed to kick-start a step change in digital services
to support jobs, education, innovation and health for decades to come

CGI (NYSE: GIB) (TSX: GIB.A) has been selected by Glasgow City
Council (GCC) to provide transformational IT services to enable the
introduction of integrated digital services for the Glasgow area.
This will result in an improved citizen digital experience across a
range of council services whilst delivering new high speed broadband
for schools and the local community.

"This is a very important award for CGI and will involve us
delivering not only a modern, transformed IT estate, but also
delivering improved services to schools and the City of Glasgow
generally," said David Fitzpatrick, Senior Vice President of Global
Technology Operations in the UK. "We will also provide the underlying
capability to enhance how residents engage with the Council and carry
out their transactions online."

Annemarie O'Donnell, Chief Executive of Glasgow City Council,
commented "We have an opportunity to completely redesign how we use
technology to improve the lives of all Glaswegians. From world-class
digital learning in our schools, to protecting the health of our most
vulnerable citizens - we need to innovate and be ready to embrace
opportunities to use technology creatively to deliver for the city."

This is CGI's third major digital transformation contract in UK
Local Government in recent years and securing the business will
increase CGI's growing footprint in Scotland and will position CGI as
one of the largest suppliers of IT Services in Scotland. CGI is
already a significant employer in Glasgow, employing over 100 people
in their Open Digital Service Centre at the Inovo building in George
Street.

The firm is also investing in developing a skilled city workforce
in the longer-term, by providing employment and training
opportunities for local young people. This includes sponsoring a
degree programme at Glasgow Caledonian University, which enables
students to study while developing a career. The job prospects of at
least 700 Glaswegians will also be improved through the sponsoring of
software development training for 100 long-term unemployed people
every year.

About CGI

Founded in 1976, CGI is the fifth largest independent IT and
business consulting services firm in the world. With approximately
71,000 professionals worldwide, CGI delivers an end-to-end portfolio
of high-end IT and business consulting services, systems integration
and IT and business process outsourcing services. CGI's client
proximity model, best-fit global delivery network, and intellectual
property solutions help clients accelerate results and digitally
transform their organizations. With annual revenue of C$10.8 billion,
CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB). Website:
http://www.cgi.com .

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Investors and media:

Lorne Gorber

Executive Vice-President

Global Communications and Investor Relations

lorne.gorber@cgi.com

+1-514-841-3355

Local media

Paul Corrall

UK External Communications

paul.corrall@cgi.com

+44(0)7341-782-985

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