Corporate reseller Computacenter has installed the IT infrastructure at the new home of the Greater London Authority (GLA) at Tower Bridge, opened by the Queen last week.

The £2m contract comes after the reseller was appointed in 2000 as a supplier to the organisation through the government IT catalogue (GCAT) scheme.

"The GLA uses the GCAT framework as the medium for buying," said Colin Brown, government sector director at Computacenter. "GCAT is a great enabler for us because it gives us the opportunity to talk to customers and it gives them the assurance that we are EC-compliant."

Manny Lewis, executive director of corporate services at the GLA, said that the organisation's planned move from Victoria required the support of a big partner with substantial resources.

"We knew we did not have the skills and logistics in-house so we made inquiries to GCAT, and Computacenter was best-equipped to support us," Lewis said.

The reseller and its vendor partners have transferred a desktop environment to the new headquarters, as well as integrating it with a new IP network for 600 users. The reseller worked closely with vendors Mitel and Foundry Networks to build the network, which is voice-ready.

The GLA is yet to decide its IT support strategy but Computacenter will bid for the job, according to Brown.

Computacenter will have staff on-site at the GLA. But the ongoing training it is providing means that the GLAs own staff will be able to take over many activities.