SAIC Awarded $56 Million Task Order from the Department of Veterans Affairs
November 05 2008 - 6:50AM
PR Newswire (US)
Company to Provide Comprehensive Software and Engineering Services
to Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture
(VistA) Repositories SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 5
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science Applications International
Corporation [NYSE: SAI] today announced it has been awarded a task
order by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of
Information & Technology, Office of Enterprise Development to
provide support to Veterans Health Information Systems and
Technology Architecture (VistA) Health Data Systems (HDS)
Repositories. The task order has a one year base period of
performance, four one-year options and a total value of more than
$56 million if all options are exercised. Work will be performed
primarily in Salt Lake City, Utah. The task order was awarded under
the VistA Contractor Services (VCS) Blanket Purchase Agreement. The
HDS Repositories Program is part of VistA, an enterprise-wide
electronic health record system used throughout the VA medical
system. VistA Repositories support the delivery of care by
thousands of VA healthcare providers to millions of veterans seen
in more than 150 medical centers, and hundreds of outpatient clinic
facilities. Under the task order, SAIC will provide comprehensive
software and engineering services to develop, populate, enhance,
and maintain these repositories. "The HDS Repositories Program is a
key component of the VA's next-generation healthcare information
system that will enable the VA to maintain complete and accessible
patient record information on the millions of veterans it serves
throughout the VA healthcare system," said Robert McCord, SAIC
senior vice president and business unit general manager. "We are
pleased to continue our support of this vital mission to care for
those who have served our nation so honorably." 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
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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 Laura
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