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November 28, 2007

New Business

Capgemini announced the extension of its Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) engagement with SKF, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services in the area comprising rolling bearings, seals, mechatronics, services and lubrication systems, for the Group’s US operations. SKF has been a client of Capgemini’s Technology Services for many years. In October 2006, this collaboration extended to include BPO with the signature of a 7 year BPO deal to provide Finance & Accounting services for several of their European operations. This contract extension to SKF’s US operations aims to support the SKF global standardization of Financial Operations across continents and divisions of operation.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) awarded EDS an $11.6 million contract to help the department develop and provide personal identity verification (PIV) card solutions to all VA employees, affiliates
and contractors in accordance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12). Under the Personal Identity Verification Deployment and
Operations/Maintenance (PIV DOM) contract, EDS will support the VA objective to issue PIV cards for authentication and identity verification services in a commonly accepted identification card recognized across the federal government.

Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. announced a seven-year, $35 million extension to its existing Emergency Medical Services (EMS) billing contract with the City of Houston. Under the terms of the contract, ACS recovers ambulance transport fees for the Houston Fire Department from third party payers, such as Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance firms. As part of the billing service, ACS also provides all mobile software and hardware required for the city's EMS operation.

ACS also announced a contract with the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to provide pharmacy benefits management (PBM) services for its Medicaid program. The contract has a length of up to 10 years and a total value of $18.5 million, if a three-year option is exercised.

Posted by jbowles at November 28, 2007 07:54 PM