Unisys Awarded Contract to Support Defense Logistics Agency with Information Technology Services.MC LEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 4, 1997--Unisys Corp. Thursday announced that its Federal Systems Division (FSD) was awarded a subcontract from Litton PRC for the Defense Logistics Agency Noun 1. Defense Logistics Agency - a logistics combat support agency in the Department of Defense; provides worldwide support for military missions Defense Department, Department of Defense, DoD, United States Department of Defense, Defense - the federal department (DLA DLA dog leukocyte antigen. ) Systems Engineering Technical Services, or DSETS DSETS Direct Support Electrical Test Set (used to troubleshoot fighting vehicle and tank components) , program. The five-year, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract has a one-year base period with four one-year options to provide information technology services to the DLA's Systems Design Center in Columbus, Ohio. The multiple-award contract has a maximum value of $180 million, with an estimated value of $20 million to Unisys. Unisys FSD will provide services such as business process reengineering See reengineering. , integration prototyping, systems design, systems development and training at the DLA's design activities centers and at their headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. The Defense Logistics Agency Systems Design Centers (DSDC DSDC Dual Socket Direct Connect DSDC Data Segment Descriptor Cache DSDC Defense Logistics Agency Systems Design Center DSDC Defense Strategic Debriefing Course DSDC Digital Signal Data Converter DSDC Direct Service Dialing Capability DSDC Data Systems Design Center ) provide integrated automated information systems in support of DLA, Department of Defense, and other federal agencies. The contract will primarily support the design centers and its legacy applications in areas including distribution, procurement and logistics support. The PRC team consists of Unisys FSD, ManTech International, KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, Oracle Corporation and 17 small, small disadvantaged and women-owned businesses that will compete for individual task orders over the next five years. Unisys Federal Systems Division Unisys Federal Systems Division has been successfully serving the federal market for more than four decades. The division has a large share of federal government IDIQ contracts and is a leading provider of systems integration and information technology solutions and services. Last year, for the second year in a row, the division won more than $1.5 billion in new contracts. Some of those included the Department of Transportation, Information Technology Omnibus Procurement; Social Security Administration, IWS/LAN IWS/LAN Intelligent Work Station/Local Area Network ; Defense Information Systems Agency, DEIS II; and NASA SEWP II Networking Products and Workstations. Awards in 1997 include SSA (Serial Storage Architecture) A fault tolerant peripheral interface from IBM that transfers data at 80 and 160 Mbytes/sec. SSA uses SCSI commands, allowing existing software to drive SSA peripherals, which are typically disk drives. , Consolidated Local Area Network Maintenance; Department of Agriculture, ADP (1) (Automatic Data Processing) Synonymous with data processing (DP), electronic data processing (EDP) and information processing. (2) (Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Roseland, NJ, www.adp. Support Services; General Services Administration The General Services Administration (GSA) was established by section 101 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.A. § 751). The GSA sets policy for and manages government property and records. , Virtual Data Center Services; and Department of State, Office of Foreign Missions. For further information: www.federal.unisys.com . Unisys -- The Information Management Company Unisys is one of a select group of companies with the portfolio of services, technologies and third party alliances needed to deliver the benefits of information management -- helping clients use their information asset to enhance their competitiveness and responsiveness to customers. Our expertise in information management is founded on the strengths of our three global businesses: consulting, solutions and systems integration; industry-leading technologies; and comprehensive services and products supporting distributed computing environments. Access the Unisys home page on the World Wide Web -- http://www.unisys.com -- for further information. Unisys is a registered trademark of Unisys Corp. All other brands and products referenced herein are acknowledged to be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Unisys Mark Root, 703/556-5345 Internet: rootm@federal.unisys.com |
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