Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) announced today it was awarded a prime contract by the National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) to provide a broad range of mission critical information technology (IT) solutions in support of multiple Federal agencies. The multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract, Chief Information Officer – Solutions and Partners 3 (CIO-SP3), has a ten-year period of performance and a total contract value of approximately $20 billion for all awardees.
NITAAC is a federal executive agent authorized by the Office of Management and Budget to administer Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts for IT procurement. Under the CIO-SP3 contract, SAIC will provide IT solutions as required, across ten task areas of the contract: IT services for biomedical research, health sciences and healthcare; chief information officer support; imaging; outsourcing; IT operations and maintenance; integration services; critical infrastructure protection and information assurance; digital government; enterprise resource planning; and software development. The contract can support initiatives as diverse as cloud computing, cybersecurity and health IT. SAIC is one of 54 contractors who will compete for task orders under the contract.
"We look forward to continuing to work with NITAAC to provide health and biomedical information technology solutions in support of various Federal agencies," said Steve Comber, SAIC senior vice president and business unit general manager.
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