CSC Wins Contract to Provide Information Technology and Data Management Services to the FDA

FALLS CHURCH, Va., Oct. 20

CSC (NYSE: CSC - News) announced today that it is one of ten contractors awarded an Information and Computing Technologies for the 21st Century (ICT21) contract by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The contract supports an extensive IT modernization program for the FDA, encompassing data management and warehousing, and IT infrastructure and security. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract has a 10-year base period and a maximum ceiling value of $2.5 billion for all firms. This contract was awarded to CSC during the company's second quarter fiscal year 2009.

Under the new agreement, CSC will compete for task orders to provide a wide range of IT services, including a service-oriented IT infrastructure, to support the FDA's efforts to modernize its existing technology. The modernization will address the FDA's evolving IT requirements and enable the organization to better acquire, analyze and act on critical information related to medical product safety plans, and food and import protection.

"Through this IDIQ contract, CSC will support the FDA with our innovative, technology- enabled business solutions and services to deliver high-quality, responsive support to the FDA and its external partners," said Raymond E. Henry, president of CSC's North American Public Sector Government Health Services Division. "We look forward to partnering with the FDA to support its mission of advancing public health by helping to speed innovations that make medicines and foods safer and more affordable."

CSC subcontractors on this new contract include ACI Solutions, of Chantilly, Va.; Battelle Memorial Institute, of Columbus, Oh.; Brown IT Corporation, of Hanover, Pa.; Converge Networks Corporation, of Bethesda, Md.; Evolver and Indrasoft, both of Reston, Va.; GovPlace, of Irvine, Calif.; InfoZen, of Rockville, Md.; KnightPoint Systems and Thundercat Technology, both of Herndon, Va.; PCN Strategies, of Washington, D.C.; and The Ventura Group Inc., of Ashburn, Va.

This contract is the cornerstone of the ICT21 bioinformatics initiative and aims to provide an agency-wide computing platform for the 21st century that is efficient, effective, scalable, flexible and reliable, and meets FDA business requirements. Additionally, the program will enhance the capabilities of the FDA's IT environment, which includes technology refreshment plans, increased consistency and standardization, development and implementation of new standard operational procedures and processes, and people skill-set development and training.

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