Unisys Federal Systems awarded ADP support services contract from U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

Business Wire, March 5, 1997

MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 1997--Unisys Corp. announced Wednesday that its Federal Systems Division has been awarded a contract from the United States Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency (FSA) to provide automatic data processing (ADP) support services such as software development, maintenance and data center management to its headquarters and field offices.

This is a five-year, multiple-award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract that has a potential value to Unisys of $37 million.

Under the contract, Unisys will provide services such as software applications development and maintenance; data center management; telecommunications engineering and installation; imaging systems support and geographical information systems services. Services will be available to all USDA agencies.

Unisys team members are: Abacus Technology Corp.; Computer Systems Engineering; Computer Technology Services Inc.; KPMG Peat Marwick; MATCOM2; Open Universal Software; Pulse Technologies Inc.; SAIC; Soza and Company Ltd.; Statistica Inc.; and Worldwide Solutions Inc.

Unisys Federal Systems Division is already providing similar services to USDA under the Rural Development ADP Support Services contract awarded in June 1995.

"We look forward to expanding our work with USDA and helping them to increase the efficiency of their information systems," said T. J. Miller, vice president and general manager, Information Services and Solutions, Unisys Federal Systems Division.

"USDA's goal is to optimize their current hardware and software, ensure interoperability, improve the availability of financial and management information, and eliminate duplication. We have extensive experience in these areas," Miller said.

Unisys Federal Systems Division

Unisys Federal Systems Division has been successfully serving the federal market for more than four decades. The division has a large share of federal government IDIQ contracts and is a leading provider of systems integration and information technology solutions and services.

Last year, for the second year in a row, the division won more than $1.5 billion in new contracts. Some of those included the Department of Transportation, Information Technology Omnibus Procurement; Social Security Administration, IWS/LAN; Defense Information Systems Agency, DEIS II; National Institutes of Health, Image World, and Chief Information Officer Solutions and Partners; and NASA SEWP II Networking Products and Workstations.

Awards in 1997 include SSA, Consolidated Local Area Network Maintenance; and General Services Administration, Virtual Data Center Services. Additional information is available at: http://www.federal.unisys.com

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Mark Root, 703/556-5345

Internet: rootm@federal.unisys.com