CGI wins US$19 Million task order for EPA Software Testing, Implementation and Support
April 17 2008 - 9:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
Stock Market Symbols GIB.A (TSX) GIB (NYSE) FAIRFAX, VA, April 17
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CGI Federal, Inc., a wholly-owned U.S.
operating subsidiary of CGI Group Inc., (NYSE: GIB; TSX: GIB.A)
today announced that it was awarded a task order under the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and
Development Systems Engineering and Specialized Scientific Support
(ORD SES3) Blanket Purchase Agreement. The award is for the
Software Testing, Implementation, and Production Support (STIPS)
program, providing operations and maintenance support for over 150
administrative and scientific management systems in the Office of
Research and Development. Assuming a constant level of effort and
the exercise of all six option years, the deal is worth
approximately US$19 million to CGI. In February of this year, CGI
was one of four large-business IT service providers selected by the
EPA to bid on work to be awarded under ORD SES3. It is expected
that over US$100 million in task orders will be awarded under ORD
SES3 contract, which will run for seven years, including options.
Project work awarded under this contract will include business,
technical and scientific services, addressing the application
support, scientific support, technical and business consulting
services and infrastructure management needs of the agency. The
contract will provide mission critical contract support for EPA's
research on the prevention of risk, pollution, and harm to human
health. CGI's solution for the EPA is based on its Managed Services
delivery model. CGI's Managed Services model leverages its on-shore
delivery centers to provide IT and business services to the EPA.
CGI's delivery centers apply industry standards, proven processes,
and automation to deliver solutions designed to enable agencies
like the EPA to more effectively and efficiently execute their
mission. "CGI has partnered with EPA to deliver high quality
solutions for over 30 years. We are proud to have won this task
order and look forward to providing exceptional support for ORD's
mission critical and business applications," said Kenyon Wells,
Vice-President, CGI Federal. This contract is in addition to the
$83 million agreement announced on April 10, 2008 to modernize
EPA's financial system using CGI's commercial off the shelf
Momentum(R) software, and transition EPA's financial system IT
hosting and application management to CGI. About CGI Federal CGI
Federal (http://www.cgi.com/usfederal) is a wholly-owned U.S.
operating subsidiary of CGI Group Inc., dedicated to providing
effective IT solutions for federal government agencies by combining
over 30 years of government experience and technology skills.
Founded in 1976, CGI Group Inc. is one of the largest independent
information technology and business process services firms in the
world. CGI and its affiliated companies employ approximately 26,500
professionals. CGI provides end-to-end IT and business process
services to clients worldwide from offices in Canada, the United
States, Europe, Asia Pacific as well as from centers of excellence
in North America, Europe and India. CGI's annual revenue run rate
stands at $3.7 billion and at December 31st, 2007, CGI's order
backlog was $12.04 billion. CGI shares are listed on the TSX
(GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB) and are included in the S&P/TSX
Composite Index as well as the S&P/TSX Capped Information
Technology and MidCap Indices. Website: http://www.cgi.com/.
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