Unisys Federal Systems Awarded NASA Networking Contract Valued At $200 Million.MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 29, 1996--Unisys Corp. Tuesday announced that its Federal Systems Division was the sole award winner of the networking equipment portion (Class 10) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), civilian agency of the U.S. federal government with the mission of conducting research and developing operational programs in the areas of space exploration, artificial satellites (see satellite, artificial), (NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. ) Scientific and Engineering Workstation Procurement II (SEWP SEWP Solutions for Enterprise Wide Procurement (NASA) SEWP Scientific and Engineering Workstation Procurement (NASA) SEWP Science and Engineering Workforce Project II). Last month Unisys received a NASA SEWP II contract to provide general purpose workstations (Class seven). The competitively awarded SEWP II networking products contract is a fixed price, single award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ IDIQ Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (contracting/procurement) ) contract for one-year, with three one-year options. It has an estimated value of $200 million. The two SEWP II contracts have a potential value to Unisys of $250 million. Under SEWP II for networking, Unisys will tap the leading vendors in the field to provide a wide range of competitively priced networking products, services and solutions such as ATM switches, routers, hubs, telemetry systems, network management software, analyzers and testers, network interface cards, network integration, and worldwide delivery and support. Some of the key suppliers to Unisys are: 3Com Corp.; Bay Networks Inc.; Cabletron Systems; Cisco Systems Inc.; FORE Systems Inc.; Fibronics International; Interphase Corp.; Madge Networks Inc.; Network General Corp.; Newbridge Networks Inc.; SunSoft; TSI Telsys Inc.; Timeplex Federal Systems Inc.; and Whittaker/Xyplex Inc. Unisys FSD was rated number one in customer satisfaction by NASA in the SEWP I contract. Unisys received $70 million in orders in the SEWP I networking contract and was one of the first vendors to implement Electronic Data Interchange See EDI. (application, communications) electronic data interchange - (EDI) The exchange of standardised document forms between computer systems for business use. EDI is part of electronic commerce. (EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect. ) on SEWP, resulting in EDI orders of over $20 million. The use of EDI is mandatory for all SEWP II orders. NASA has made SEWP one of the leading automated purchasing vehicles in government, stipulating that all product catalogs, orders, contract modifications, and other interactions be handled using EDI and the Internet. "SEWP II for networking builds on the extremely successful SEWP I networking contract," said Joseph Santamaria, vice president and general manager, Information Technologies, Unisys Federal Systems Division. "We are offering the latest networking technologies from the leading companies in the field -- at very competitive prices." The NASA SEWP II program consists of twelve prime contracts and five 8A contracts providing UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). workstations, peripherals, networking equipment and services. Unisys has two of the contracts -- for general purpose, Intel workstations, and for networking products. SEWP II is open to NASA and all federal departments and agencies. In addition to NASA, nine other civilian agencies are participating in SEWP II with no limitations on purchases: Departments of Commerce, Justice, Interior, Transportation, and Treasury; Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and ; 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. ; Health and Human Services Noun 1. Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Department of Health and Human Services, HHS ; and Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), an independent U.S. government commission, created by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 and charged with licensing and regulating civilian use of nuclear energy to protect the public and the environment. . SEWP II will begin taking orders early next month. Unisys Federal Systems Division Unisys Federal Systems Division has been serving the federal market for more than four decades, and is on track to have a very successful year in 1996 having already won contracts such as 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; National Institutes of Health, Image World; National Institutes of Health, Chief Information Officer Solutions and Partners; and NASA SEWP II for workstations and networking products. Federal Systems Division has a large share of federal government IDIQ contracts and is a leading provider of systems integration and information technology solutions and services. Further information is available at: http://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. -0- Unisys is a registered trademark of Unisys Corp. All other brands and products reference herein are acknowledged to be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Unisys Corp. Mark Root, 703/556-5345 Internet: rootm@federal.unisys.com |
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