Unisys Federal Systems Division Awarded National Institutes of Health CIO-SP Contract.MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 3, 1996--Unisys Corp. Tuesday announced that its Federal Systems Division has been awarded the National Institutes of Health (NIH "Not invented here." See digispeak. NIH - The United States National Institutes of Health. ), Chief Information Officer Solutions and Partners (CIO-SP CIO-SP Chief Information Officer - Solutions and Partners ) contract. The five-year, multiple award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ IDIQ Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (contracting/procurement) ) contract has a potential value to Unisys of $100 million. The total value of CIO-SP is open-ended and it is expected to be as widely used as the Defense Information Systems Agency, DEIS II program and the Department of Transportation, Information Technology Omnibus Procurement. Under NIH CIO-SP all federal government departments and agencies will be able to purchase life cycle information technology services including the outsourcing of data centers, telecommuting, Year 2000 solutions, telecommunications engineering and installation, and information technology security. "We have assembled an extremely talented team that is highly skilled in all of the task areas under CIO-SP," said James F. McGuirk II, president, Unisys Federal Systems Division. "Unisys has proven its ability to provide top-quality information services on large IDIQ programs such as the Defense Information Systems Agency, Defense Enterprise Integration Services program; the DOD (1) (Dial On Demand) A feature that allows a device to automatically dial a telephone number. For example, an ISDN router with dial on demand will automatically dial up the ISP when it senses IP traffic destined for the Internet. , Defense Finance and Accounting Service The Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS), an agency of the United States Department of Defense, provides finance and accounting services for the military and other members of defense. In FY 2004, DFAS:
The Unisys team members are: Abacus Technology, Allied Technology, Anteon, ASEC ASEC American Savings Education Council ASEC Authorized Sun Education Center (Sun Microsystems) , Booz Allen & Hamilton, BTG BTG BIT (Built-In Test) Target Generator BTG Bridging the Gap BTG British Technology Group BtG Betreuungsgesetz (Germany) BTG Biomass Technology Group BV BTG Begbies Traynor Group , Century Technology, DDI ddI and ddC: see AZT. , DynCorp, GSI, ISN, Metrica, Reliable Integration Systems, SRC (SouRCe) Contrast with DST, which is an abbreviation of "destination." , Synectics synectics a procedure for the stating and solving of problems based upon creative thinking in figurative terms by a small, carefully chosen, and diversely specialized group. See also: Brain , United Information Systems, Vitro and WR Systems. 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, Intelligent Workstation/Local Area Network; Defense Systems Information Agency, DEIS II; and National Institutes of Health, ImageWorld. 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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