ACS on Team Awarded Contract by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
DALLAS, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Affiliated Computer Services,
Inc. (NYSE: ACS) today announced that it has been selected as a subcontractor
to support the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Information and
Computer Technologies for the 21st Century (ICT21) initiative, designed to
modernize the FDA's information technology (IT) services.
ACS' Federal Solutions line of business will work as a team member for
Telesis Corporation of Rockville, Maryland, which was chosen as one of the
prime contractors in the multiple award IDIQ (indefinite delivery/indefinite
quantity) contract, which has a 10-year ordering period and a ceiling value of
$2.5 billion.
Through the contract, the team will compete for task orders to assist the
FDA in acquiring the skills, services, and IT infrastructure to accomplish its
mission of creating a flexible and scalable agency-wide computing platform for
the 21st century that meets the FDA business requirements and enhances the
capabilities of FDA's IT environment.
"Helping government agencies realize their operational goals is a priority
for ACS, and we are ready to assist the FDA with its IT vision for the 21st
century," said Tim Conway, senior vice president and managing director of ACS
Federal Solutions. "This is a key project for ACS as we expand our services
in the federal market, leveraging the successes that the company has
experienced on the state and local level."
ACS is the largest provider of BPO services and one of the largest IT
service providers to the nation's public sector. We serve as an operational
partner to more than 1,500 agencies at all levels of government located in
every state in the U.S.
The work of ACS touches millions of people every day. Each year, for
example, ACS processes more than half of the nation's child support payments;
manages electronic payment card services programs in 15 states, disbursing
government payments and benefits; processes nearly 550 million Medicaid claims
totaling more than $42 billion in payments; handles more than half of the
electronic toll transactions in the U.S.; facilitates more than 185 million
online searches for unclaimed property; and services student loans for more
than nine million borrowers.
ACS, a global FORTUNE 500 company with approximately 63,000 people
supporting client operations reaching more than 100 countries, provides
business process outsourcing and information technology solutions to
world-class commercial and government clients. The company's Class A common
stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "ACS."
The statements in this news release that do not directly relate to
historical facts constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are
subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside the
Company's control. As such, no assurance can be given that the actual events
and results will not be materially different than the anticipated results
described in the forward-looking statements. Factors could cause actual
results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements. For a
description of these factors, see the Company's prior filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent filing. ACS
disclaims any intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future event, or
otherwise.
