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Unisys Awarded Two Information Technology Services Contracts From Department Of Transportation -- Potential Value Is $200 Million
Under ITOP II Unisys will provide full range of information engineering and support services, such as application development, seat management, Web site development and e-commerce support
MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 1999-- Unisys Corporation Thursday announced that it has been awarded two Information Technology Omnibus Procurement (ITOP) II contracts from the U.S. Department of Transportation to provide a range of information engineering and support services.
Unisys was awarded prime contracts on two programs, or ''lots'' of the contract: Information Systems Engineering (ISE) and Systems Operations and Management (SOM) Support Services. The potential value of the award to Unisys is $200 million.
Under ITOP II vendors will be able to provide a broad range of information technology solutions.
As one of a select group of prime contractors awarded two lots, Unisys expects to provide seat management, help desk, office automation, network support and telecommunications services under the SOM lot; and applications development, systems integration, Web site development, software engineering, strategic planning, Business Processing Reengineering, electronic commerce support and software lifecycle management under the ISE lot.
ITOP II, a follow-on to the widely used ITOP contract awarded in 1996, is a seven-year, multi-billion dollar, multiple-award, Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity contract available to all federal government agencies. The intelligent transportation systems for state governments will also be procured under ITOP II, as mandated by the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21).
Unisys received very high customer satisfaction ratings on the current ITOP contract and won 40 task orders under ITOP ISE, more than any other prime contractor. ITOP II has several new features including unlimited hardware content and no dollar limitations on task orders.
''This award reinforces our commitment to the Department of Transportation,'' said James F. McGuirk, Unisys senior vice president, and president, Unisys Federal Systems. ''ITOP II is a fast-cycle procurement designed to permit federal government agencies to procure or lease the complete range of information technology solutions - covering services, software and hardware.
''Based on our past success on ITOP and our focus on providing IT solutions for the federal government, we anticipate using ITOP II to support TEA-21, seat management initiatives and other traditional IT services.''
Unisys team members on the ITOP II ISE lot include: Cambridge Systematics, Centech, CGH Technologies, DSD Labs, HTE-UCS, KPMG, Marconi/QSI (TRACOR), MRJ, and United Information Systems.
Unisys team members on the SOM lot include: AINS, AT&T, Avalon Integrated Systems, DSD Labs, HTE-UCS, Management Systems Designers, Marconi/QSI, United Information Systems and Wheat International.
About Unisys
Unisys (NYSE:UIS - news) is more than 33,000 employees helping customers in 100 countries apply information technology to solve their business problems. Unisys solutions are based on a broad portfolio of global information services including systems integration, outsourcing, ''repeatable'' application solutions, consulting, network integration, remote network management, and multivendor maintenance and support, coupled with enterprise-class servers and associated middleware, software and storage.
Repeatable solutions are focused on key vertical markets including financial services, transportation, telecommunications, government, publishing and other commercial markets. Headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, in the Greater Philadelphia area, Unisys 1997 annual revenue was $6.6 billion. Access the Unisys home page on the World Wide Web - unisys.com - for further information.
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