Northrop Grumman Corporation : Northrop Grumman to Provide Full Range of IT Solutions to Support Federal CIOs on National Institutes of Health Contract
07/19/2012| 08:52am US/Eastern
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MCLEAN, Va., July 19, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop
Grumman Corporation (NYSE:
NOC) has received an award for the Chief Information
Officer - Solutions and Partners 3 (CIO-SP3) contract from
the National Institutes of Health Information Technology
Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC). CIO-SP3 is a
10-year, multiple-award, indefinite-delivery,
indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) governmentwide acquisition
contract. Northrop Grumman is one of 54 companies named to
the contract, which has a cumulative value of $20 billion.
CIO-SP3, which is follow-on to the CIO-SP2i contract awarded
in 2002, is designed to provide the National Institutes of
Health, the Department of Health and Human Services and all
other federal agencies with a streamlined ordering process to
acquire a wide range of information technology (IT) services
and solutions to satisfy new and emerging IT requirements
quickly and efficiently. The IT services in the CIO-SP3
contract include health, health science, biomedical-related
and general IT services to meet scientific, health,
administrative, operational, and managerial and information
management requirements.
Under the new contract, Northrop Grumman will provide the
full scope of IT services, products and solutions across
federal IT programs worldwide, including support of the
federal enterprise architecture, the federal health
architecture and the Department of Defense enterprise
architecture.
"We have an excellent track record of supporting our
federal agency customers on the previous CIO-SP vehicles, and
we look forward to applying our broad base of IT capabilities
to provide value and innovation on the new CIO-SP3
vehicle," said Amy Caro, vice president of health
information technology programs, Northrop Grumman Information
Systems.
Northrop Grumman is an industry leader in IT solutions and
services supporting the global health community for more than
25 years with innovative health systems, advanced analytics
and better health outcomes tailored to the challenges and
demands of customers. Northrop Grumman debuted at No. 26 in
the 2012 Healthcare Informatics 100 list. For more
information, go to www.northropgrumman.com/health
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company
providing innovative systems, products and solutions in
aerospace, electronics, information systems, and technical
services to government and commercial customers worldwide.www.northropgrumman.com
for more information.
CONTACT: Zubi Anwar
(703) 556-1475
zubi.anwar@ngc.com
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