MELBOURNE, Fla. and
WASHINGTON, July 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
Highlights
- Program will overhaul and streamline IT systems across all VA
agencies.
- Harris is among only 15 companies (1 of 8 in large business
category) selected to compete for $12
billion in VA business.
- Harris is already a leading provider of IT solutions for the
VA.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has selected Harris
Corporation (NYSE: HRS), an international communications and
information technology company, as one of eight companies in the
large business category to participate in a five-year technology
and telecommunications Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quality
(IDIQ) contract designed to upgrade the department's information
technology (IT) systems. With a total ceiling value of
$12 billion, the Transformation
Twenty-One Total Technology (T4) contracting vehicle covers
services that will streamline and modernize VA operations,
including patient care delivery at more than 150 VA hospitals.
The T4 program is structured to transform the VA, including the
Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and Veterans Benefits
Administration (VBA), into a "21st century organization" that can
"meet VA's long-term technology needs" and "provide Veterans
high-quality services and health care," according to VA officials
in a Congressional notification fact sheet. Other benefits of
the program include government and taxpayer savings brought about
by a streamlined acquisition process that reduces contract
administration and facilitates healthy competition among potential
contractors.
"T4 offers the VA a carefully triaged selection of industry
partners that can deliver the products and services needed to
achieve top clinical, operational and financial performance," said
Jim Traficant, president, Harris
Healthcare Solutions. "Harris' ranking on the preferred VA
partner list opens the door for us to deliver priority technologies
and solutions to improve care delivery and benefits for our
nation's Veterans."
Harris will offer the VA an array of IT services, including
program management and strategic planning, systems and software
engineering, enterprise networks, cyber security, operations and
maintenance, IT facilities solutions, technical support and systems
engineering. Locations may include Federal, State, VA, or
military data centers, facilities, treatment facilities, health
clinics and Tricare facilities. Having worked with the VA for
many years, Harris has already provided the VHA and VBA with a
broad range of IT services and solutions, including revenue
consolidation and financial management services, medical imaging,
bi-directional health information exchange, and virtualization of
benefits enrollment and processing.
A nationally recognized leader in federal healthcare IT
integration, Harris also offers commercial providers a full range
of interoperability solutions, including IT infrastructure and
management, clinical workflow and analytics, health information
exchange, and imaging. Harris solutions improve healthcare
quality, safety, efficiency, cost and outcomes by ensuring that the
right information travels, with security and privacy, to the right
person, at the right time, on the right device, at the point of
care.
About Harris Corporation
Harris is an international communications and information
technology company serving government and commercial markets in
more than 150 countries. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has
approximately $6 billion of annual
revenue and more than 16,000 employees — including nearly 7,000
engineers and scientists. Harris is dedicated to developing
best-in-class assured communications® products, systems, and
services. Additional information about Harris Corporation is
available at www.harris.com.
SOURCE Harris Corporation