Litton Awarded GSA ID/IQ Contract With Value of More Than $100 Million.WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 1997--Litton's PRC subsidiary was awarded the General Services Administration's (GSA (1) (Global mobile Suppliers Association, Sawbridgeworth, U.K., www.gsacom.com) A membership organization of suppliers of GSM products and services. Its goal is to promote GSM as the worldwide mobile communications standard. See GSM Association and GSM. ) Total Quality Management follow-on indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ ID/IQ Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity ID/IQ Indefinite Duration/Indefinite Quantity ) contract, now known as the Management Organizational and Business Improvement Services (MOBIS MOBIS Management, Organizational and Business Improvement Services MOBIS Mission Oriented Business Integration Services (US government contract) MOBIS Management Oriented Budget Information System ) GSA Schedule. With a total potential value of more than $100 million, this 10-year contract began Oct. 1, 1997. It allows the MOBIS GSA Schedule to be available for use by the federal government, U.S. Postal Service The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) processes and delivers mail to individuals and businesses within the United States. The service seeks to improve its performance through the development of efficient mail-handling systems and operates its own planning and engineering programs. and the government of Washington, D.C. The types of services provided by PRC under this GSA MOBIS schedule include, but are not limited to, strategic and business planning, technology-improvement solutions, management consulting, process and data modeling, GPRA/ITMRA support, functional process improvement, cost-benefit analysis, business-process re-engineering, survey design and development, performance metrics, software-process improvement, electronic (groupware) facilitation and software, ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9000 certification analysis, software tools, and knowledge engineering. PRC was awarded the initial GSA TQM (Total Quality Management) An organizational undertaking to improve the quality of manufacturing and service. It focuses on obtaining continuous feedback for making improvements and refining existing processes over the long term. See ISO 9000. contract in October 1989. PRC has completed 720 delivery orders and booked more than $150 million in business since being awarded the contract. PRC, with headquarters in McLean, Va., is a leading provider of information-technology-based systems, products and services to government and commercial customers and is among the top 10 federal information-technology contractors. Litton is a leader in worldwide technology markets for advanced electronic, defense and information systems, and is a major designer and builder of surface combatant ships for the U.S. Navy and allied nations. CONTACT: Litton Industries Inc. Brandon Belote, 703/413-1521 |
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