[August 03, 2012] General Dynamics Awarded National Institutes of Health Contract for IT Services Tweet (ENP Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) ENP Newswire - 03 August 2012 Release date- 02082012 - FAIRFAX, Va. - General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a Chief Information Office - Solutions and Partners 3 (CIO-SP3) contract by the National Institutes of Health's Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center. The 10-year multiple-award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract has a potential value of $20 billion to all awardees. CIO-SP3 is a government-wide acquisition contract that can be used by any federal civilian or Department of Defense agency to acquire information technology products, services and solutions. Under this contract, General Dynamics will deliver health and biomedical information technology services to help agencies meet scientific, health, administrative, operational and information management requirements. The contract also supports initiatives to integrate healthcare IT systems with broader IT architectures, enabling seamless operations across the enterprise-wide infrastructure. 'This versatile contract vehicle provides our health customers with a quick and efficient acquisition and provisioning option to help them meet their mission goals in the rapidly changing health, bio-medical and life science fields,' said Marcus Collier, senior vice president of General Dynamics Information Technology's Health and Civilian Solutions division. 'Our health IT team is well-suited to manage the task of updating legacy systems and streamlining operations while safeguarding sensitive data and adhering to information-sharing policies and regulations specific to the health sector.' The CIO-SP3 contract replaces the expired CIO-SP2, a contract General Dynamics has held for the past 10 years. General Dynamics has supported many health-focused Federal agencies over the past 30 years, including the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Military Health System and the U.S. Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The company has delivered and managed health IT solutions and services, including designing, developing and implementing software applications, establishing health information exchange standards, managing multi-channel contact centers and overseeing data warehousing and analytical operations. For more information about General Dynamics Information Technology, please visit www.gdit.com. More information about General Dynamics is available online at www.generaldynamics.com. Contact: Mark Meudt Tel: 703 995 4994 Fax: 703 246 0206 [email protected] [Editorial queries for this story should be sent to [email protected]] ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2012 Electronic News Publishing - [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]