SoftSmart is a market-leading provider of proprietary software to the Early Years market, and will expand and strengthen CACI's child focussed solutions to local government. Current clients include industry wide customers such as Local Authorities, PCT's, Extended Schools, Nurseries, SureStart and various other organisations involved in the sector.

Greg Bradford, Chief Executive of CACI Ltd, commented: "This is an exciting acquisition as it expands and strengthens our "children's offer" to local government. SoftSmart's proprietary early years software adds to our portfolio, which provides solutions for the core education and children's social care market. We are now able to offer our customers and the wider market a unified approach to the Every Child Matters agenda."

This merger, in addition to the acquisition of Arete last August cements CACI's position in the Children's Services market for local authorities. SoftSmart's expertise will go a long way to ensure that the Children's Services division of CACI will continue to expand, evolve and most importantly ensure that CACI continue to deliver.

SoftSmart Limited Managing Director Paul Richards, said: "Joining CACI provides SoftSmart with increased capacity and investment. We will now be able to take our highly successful products, combine them with those already on offer from CACI and provide our clients with a unified solution supporting a single view of a child."

For further information please contact Kimberley Young on 020 8893 9039.