SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va., Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science Applications International Corporation has been awarded a prime contract on the Alliant Government-wide Acquisition Contract (Alliant) from the General Services Administration (GSA). Alliant is a multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, with a total of 29 prime contract awardees.
Alliant has a base term of five years, one five-year option period, and a total ceiling value for all awardees of $50 billion if all options are exercised. It supports a wide variety of contract types including fixed- price, cost-reimbursement, time-and-materials, among others. The Alliant scope of work includes all components of an integrated information technology (IT) solution, including current and future technologies which may emerge during the life cycle of the contract.
"SAIC is pleased to have this opportunity to continue providing high- quality solutions and services in support of the U.S. Government's vital IT needs. This was an enterprise-wide effort that relied on all SAIC's capabilities," said Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ken Dahlberg.
Dianne Tolliver, senior vice president and Alliant program manager added, "We have been working closely with GSA over the past 15 years and look forward to continuing this strong working relationship through Alliant. The GSA Alliant contract offers government agencies great flexibility in selecting contractors to accomplish state-of-the-art IT systems solutions."
SAIC is a leading provider of scientific, engineering, systems integration and technical services and solutions to all branches of the U.S. military, agencies of the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other U.S. Government civil agencies, as well as to customers in selected commercial markets. With more than 44,000 employees in over 150 cities worldwide, SAIC engineers and scientists solve complex technical challenges requiring innovative solutions for customers' mission-critical functions. SAIC had annual revenues of $8.3 billion for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2007.
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