HERNDON, Va., Feb. 17, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) Information Technology (IT) sector has been awarded a contract to help implement and modernize several Department of Defense health systems as part of the Defense Medical Information Systems/Systems Integration, Design, Development, Operations and Maintenance Services III (D/SIDDOMS III) program.
As part of the D/SIDDOMS III indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract, Northrop Grumman IT, along with other companies, will bid on individual task orders to provide systems integration, design, development, operations, and maintenance services for the Military Health System, TRICARE Management Activity, and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The terms of the ID/IQ contract is one base year plus nine one-year options, with an overall value to all contractors estimated at approximately $8 billion over 10 years.
"The Military Health System, TRICARE Management Activity, and the Department of Veterans Affairs are very important to the safety and welfare of our country," said Michele Kang, vice president, Health Solutions, Northrop Grumman IT. "This award continues nearly a decade of successful partnership and past performance in military medicine. Northrop Grumman IT serves as the prime contractor providing functional and technical support on several major programs."
Work on the contract will be performed at the Northrop Grumman IT location in Falls Church, Va. Northrop Grumman teammates include: Advanced Technology Institute (ATI), North Charleston, S.C.; AT&T Government Solutions, Inc., Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Government Solutions LLC, Vienna, Va.; Henry Elliott Company, Wellesley, Mass.; Impact Innovations, LLC, Columbia, Md.; Intersystems Corporation, Cambridge, Mass.; The Kevric Company, Inc., Silver Spring, Md.; NCI Information Systems, McLean, Va.; Renaissance Information Systems, Inc. and Z-Tech Corporation, Rockville, Md.; and 3M Health Information Systems Division, Falls Church, Va.
Northrop Grumman Information Technology, based in Herndon, Va., is a leading provider of IT solutions for federal, state and local government agencies, and commercial customers. The company's expertise spans such areas as information systems integration; cyber security; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; homeland security; enterprise hardware and software solutions; training and simulation; base and range support; signals intelligence; health informatics; space systems; and specialized scientific, engineering and technical services.
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