FAIRFAX, Va., April 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- General
Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General
Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has received an award from the Indian Health
Service, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, to provide full software development lifecycle services
to support mission needs. The IHS is responsible for providing
federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives. The
single award has a potential value of approximately $94 million over five years, if all options are
exercised.
Under the contract, General Dynamics will provide program and
product management, application security and application analysis
and design, development and testing for the Resource and Patient
Management System. Work on this contract will be based in the
Washington, D.C., metropolitan
area.
"General Dynamics is at the forefront of delivering
state-of-the-art, cost-effective and essential software solutions
and services to our customers," said Marcus
Collier, senior vice president of General Dynamics
Information Technology's Health and Civilian Solutions
division.
General Dynamics has delivered a range of health IT support to
HHS for more than 35 years. Notable support has been provided to
the Health Care Quality Improvement System, the Chronic Condition
Data Warehouse, the Retiree Drug Subsidy program, the Drug Data
Processing System and the Payment Reconciliation System.
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