Keane Among GSA Alliant Contract Winners

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Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:01am EDT

SAN FRANCISCO, April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Keane, Inc., a global services firm
that specializes in optimizing businesses Information Technology (IT)
investments, today announced that it has been named among the General Services
Administration (GSA) Alliant Government Wide Acquisition Contract winners, the
largest government-wide IT services contract ever awarded by the GSA. 

Keane is among 59 award winners and will have the opportunity to compete on
task orders for integrated IT solutions.  The contract is valued up to $50
billion over a five-year period and can be renewed for an additional five
years.  It contains three major components: Infrastructure, Application
Services, and IT Management.

The GSA Alliant Program provides IT solutions that support Federal government
operational requirements for standardized technology and application service
components. Alliant facilitates integration requirements for broad Federal IT
and E-Gov initiatives, as well as promotes the sharing, consolidation, and
re-use of business processes and systems across the federal government.

"This new contract vehicle will enable us to continue providing high-impact
solutions and IT services that optimize IT investments of the Federal
government, as we do today for government clients worldwide," said Brian
Mandel, Executive Vice President of Keane Public Sector.  "We are honored to
have been selected for this contract vehicle and fully expect Keane to
participate on winning teams for a good share of these opportunities.  Our
deep domain knowledge and more than 25 years of experience helping government
organizations operate, maintain and evolve mission-critical systems and
business processes is the bedrock of the value we bring to our clients." 


About Keane
Keane partners with businesses and government agencies to optimize IT
investments by delivering exceptional operation, maintenance, and evolution of
mission-critical systems and business processes.  Keane helps clients realize
the greatest value from their IT investments by leveraging an insider's
hands-on understanding of the nuances and subtleties of their applications,
processes, and infrastructure making the recommendations we give more
actionable, the work we do more pragmatic, and the results realized more
measurable. 
In business since 1965, Keane is an agile, midsized, full service IT services
firm headquartered in the United States with approximately 13,000 employees
globally.  For more information on Keane's services, solutions, and locations,
please visit www.keane.com. 

    Contact:

    Tara Jantzen
    Keane, Inc.
    312.337.8379

    Michael Gallo
    Gutenberg Communications
    212.239.8594




SOURCE  Keane Inc.

Tara Jantzen of Keane, Inc., +1-312-337-8379; or Michael Gallo of Gutenberg
Communications, +1-212-239-8594
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