With a multiple contacts being signed, outsourcing companies specifically offering services catering to the governments and its units have started the year off. This is particularly, Information Technology and business process solutions providers, the computer sciences corporation and CGI have announced numerous contracts signing among the government units since the first of January and business does not seem to be waning for the companies. The company will be competing to provide operations and maintenance support instructions as well as trainer support service. With the US Department of Labor for a blanket purchase agreement to the support, the department’s National Contact. The contract has a total ceiling value of $75 million and a one year base period with four one year options. The CSC won two contracts with the US Air Force, the first being a $30 million cyber security contract for the 33rd Network Warfare Squadron which has a one year period an two option years.
The CSC has also announced alongside companies. The General Dynamics, Harris Corporation and Cisco, they are also pursuing an anticipated five year contract to provide Information Technology enterprise services contract with the US Navy for five years. The Canada based company, CGI on the other hand along with its subsidiaries also signed a handful of outsourcing contracts. The company announced that its subsidiary, Stanley Associates signed with the US Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs a $48 million task order with a one year based period and four one year options, under the 10 year multiple award indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity Global Support Strategy visa services contract with the Bureau. The former is the renewals of contracts with state and local housing agency partners amounting to $40.3 million. The contracts are for the support of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Performance Based Contract Administration Program.
The latter contracts on the other hand is a tasks order with the center for medicare and medicaid services. The task order valued at $55 million is for five years and it is under the CMS’ Enterprise System Development. The government sector primarily in the US now presents a big opportunity for the outsourcing companies. The CGI’s President and CEO commented following US President Barack Obama State of the Union Call for more efficient government programs. The governments such as the US represents for the outsourcing efforts, wherein the services market is estimated at $100 billion.
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http://www.blog.infinit-o.com/government-outsourcing-contracts-abundant-january/
