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April 04, 2007

New Business

Computer Sciences Corporation announced that since January 1, its Federal Sector business unit has signed 62 previously unannounced contracts and subcontracts during its fiscal 2007 fourth quarter, which ended March 30. These contracts have a total estimated value of $1.28 billion if all contract options are exercised.

EDS will provide a range of information technology services to federal government agencies as a subcontractor to AT&T Government Solutions, a business unit of AT&T, Inc., which has been awarded one of three Networx Universal contracts by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).

Accenture has signed a master services agreement with Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, a member of the Sun Life Financial group of companies, that establishes Accenture as a preferred vendor for the provision of application development and maintenance services to Sun Life Financial.

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Britain's largest drug company, has signed an outsourcing deal with India's Tata Consulting Services to establish a drug development support facility in Mumbai. A company statement said that under the terms of the deal, TCS will support GSK's global clinical research and development programme by providing outsourced data management and medical trial reporting services.

Computer Sciences Corporation has signed a contract extending its information technology (IT) services agreement with Sempra Energy. The new contract, which has a three-year base period and three one-year options, is valued at $67 million if all options
are exercised.

Oce Business Services, Inc. announced a multi-year agreement with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) to provide document process management services. Under the agreement, Oce Business Services' team of professionals will help streamline document operations, shorten cycle times, and reduce costs while enhancing service levels at all UPMC facilities.

Posted by jbowles at April 4, 2007 06:39 PM