Capita denies overcharging by £75 million

British outsourcing group Capita on Sunday denied an allegation it had overcharged schools for IT services by 75 million pounds, saying it had a good relationship with its clients.

School software provider Bromcom said in a statement it had complained to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) over Capita's Children's Services business. Bromcom said it had made the complaint over what it called anti-competitive practices, including tying and bundling together software products which should be sold separately and charging inflated annual software maintenance charges to schools.

It said it believed schools had overpaid over the past 12 years.

In response, Capita said it had already rebutted the allegations via its solicitors and had had no contact from the OFT.

"We have served the education market for a number of years and grown our business through supplying innovative products to meet the changing needs of the market, maintaining good client relationships and working successfully with other suppliers" the group said in a statement.

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