SAIC Awarded $28 Million Task Order By GSA
Company to Provide Sustainment and Operational Support to the Defense Security Service
SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va., June 26, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) today announced it has been awarded a task order by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) for the Defense Security Service (DSS) to provide sustainment and operational support of legacy applications. The task order has a one year base period of performance, two one-year options and a contract value of more than $28 million if all options are exercised. The task order was awarded under the Applications 'N Support for Widely-diverse End-user Requirements (ANSWER) contract. SAIC's work for this task order will be performed primarily in Columbia, Md.
DSS, an agency of the Department of Defense, provides the military services, defense agencies, 23 federal agencies, and cleared contractor facilities with security support services. Under the task order, SAIC will provide services to support three agency programs including the Defense Central Index of Investigations, which is an automated central index of investigations conducted by Department of Defense investigative agencies. SAIC will also support the Industrial Security Facilities Database, which maintains facility clearance information, and the Improved Investigative Records Repository, which is a repository of legacy personnel security investigative records.
SAIC will provide support services including change, problem, performance and capacity management, sustainment engineering and system health analysis. SAIC will also analyze and recommend potential solutions to improve system performance.
We look forward to building on our 9 year relationship with DSS by providing quality services that help accomplish their mission of supporting national security and the warfighter, helping to secure the nation's technological base, and overseeing the protection of classified information in the hands of industry, said Larry Cox, SAIC senior vice president and business unit general manager.
About SAIC
SAIC is a FORTUNE 500(R) scientific, engineering, and technology applications company that uses its deep domain knowledge to solve problems of vital importance to the nation and the world, in national security, energy and the environment, critical infrastructure, and health. The company's approximately 44,000 employees serve customers in the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, other U.S. Government civil agencies and selected commercial markets. SAIC had annual revenues of $8.9 billion for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2008. For more information, visit www.saic.com.
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Statements in this announcement, other than historical data and information, constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements, or industry results to be very different from the results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward- looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in SAIC's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2008, and other such filings that SAIC makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.
Contact: Melissa Koskovich
703/676-6762
koskovichm@saic.com
Laura Luke
703/676-6533
laura.luke@saic.com
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