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August 15, 2007
New Business
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded Accenture the Alliant Government-wide Acquisition Contract, a centralized contract enabling companies to provide global information technology services to all U.S. federal agencies. Accenture is among 29 companies awarded the Alliant contract, which enables them to bid on task orders covering a broad range of management and technical IT support services for U.S. federal government organizations in the areas of infrastructure, application services and IT management services. In total, the Alliant contract has a 10-year term (five-year base with one five-year option) and a $50 billion contract ceiling.
Allen & Overy,one of the world’s largest international law firms, with approximately 5,000 employees at 24 locations worldwide, will expand its current contract with SAVVIS to include outsourcing its UK server and storage IT infrastructure in a continued transition to fully managed services. The total contract with SAVVIS is worth in excess of $24 million (USD) and includes the initial $11.2 million deal (announced separately on January 31, 2006). Under the terms of the contract expansion, which is an additional $13.8 million, Allen & Overy will migrate its UK business-critical server and storage area network (SAN) operations to SAVVIS.
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. has been awarded a seven-year contract to provide finance and accounting (F&A) services for Georgia-Pacific LLC, one of the world's leading manufacturers and marketers of tissue, packaging, paper, pulp, and building products. Financial details were not disclosed.
The General Services Administration (GSA) has designated Unisys a holder of the agency’s new Alliant contracting vehicle, under which the company can bid competitively on task orders. Alliant, a 10-year vehicle with a $50 billion ceiling, is the largest single IT contract the federal government has ever issued.
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. has signed a seven-year, $21 million contract with the Government of Malta to improve the delivery of healthcare to patients and improve the accuracy of their healthcare information. The new agreement is the first phase of the Government's Integrated Health Information System (IHIS), which aims to improve the management of healthcare records and to integrate state-of-the-art digital medical equipment in Malta's 850-bed Mater Dei Hospital, the nation's largest healthcare facility.
Posted by jbowles at August 15, 2007 07:41 PM
