CSC Wins $200 Million Task Order to Provide Infrastructure Support Services to U.S. Agency for International Development

Wed Nov 4, 2009 8:02am EST
 
[-] Text [+]
CSC Wins $200 Million Task Order to Provide Infrastructure Support Services to
U.S. Agency for International Development



FALLS CHURCH, Va., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CSC (NYSE: CSC) announced
today that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded the
company a task order to provide information technology (IT) infrastructure
engineering support services.  The task order, awarded to CSC during the
company's fiscal 2010 second quarter that ended Oct. 2, 2009, has a one-year
base period and four one-year options with an estimated five-year contract
value of $200 million. This work falls under the U.S. General Services
Administration's Millennia contract.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090422/CSCLOGO)

Under the terms of the task order, CSC will provide a full range of
infrastructure services including planning, engineering and implementing IT
solutions and providing support for the USAID network environment. CSC
engineering activities will include network and voice engineering, system
engineering, IT security engineering, desktop engineering and support for the
telecommunications computer operation center. Additionally, CSC will provide
support for IT infrastructure-related projects including strategic enterprise
infrastructure planning design, technology modernization, mission moves and
future projects. The USAID worldwide network supports 8,000 users in 90
locations around the world.

"We're proud to continue our long partnership and collaboration with USAID by
leveraging our significant foreign affairs and infrastructure engineering
expertise," said Aaron Fuller, president of CSC's North American Public Sector
Enforcement, Security and Intelligence Group. "Our innovation and engineering
excellence will help the USAID address the increasingly complex technical
challenges of its global mission."

About USAID

USAID is an independent Federal Government agency that receives overall
foreign policy guidance from the Secretary of State. USAID is the principal
U.S. agency to extend assistance to countries recovering from disaster, trying
to escape poverty and engaging in democratic reforms.  For more information
about USAID please visit their website at www.usaid.gov. 

About CSC

CSC is a global leader in providing technology-enabled solutions and services
through three primary lines of business. These include Business Solutions and
Services, the Managed Services Sector and the North American Public Sector.
CSC's advanced capabilities include systems design and integration,
information technology and business process outsourcing, applications software
development, Web and application hosting, mission support and management
consulting. Headquartered in Falls Church, Va., CSC has approximately 92,000
employees and reported revenue of $16.2 billion for the 12 months ended July
3, 2009. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.csc.com.






SOURCE  CSC

Michelle Herd, Senior Manager, Communications, North American Public Sector,
+1-703-205-6186, mherd@csc.com, or Chris Grandis, Media Relations Director,
Corporate, +1-703-641-2316, cgrandis@csc.com, or Bryan Brady, Vice President,
Investor Relations, Corporate, +1-703-641-3000, investorrelations@csc.com

 

Featured Broker sponsored link

Editor's Choice

A selection of our best photos from the past 24 hours.  Slideshow 

Most Popular on Reuters

  • Articles
  • Video