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million contract task order that will enable the U.S. Department of Agriculture to improve its
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MS+ACI-'+AD4-This performance-based, task order under GSA's Millennia information
technology contract was awarded to the Science Applications International Corporation by
GSA's Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM) for IT support services
for USDA's Risk Management Agency. It will help this agency maintain their legacy systems,
re-engineer their current IT environment, and also operate and maintain their hardware/software
infrastructure. These services will help the crop insurance program smoothly transform into a
broad-based +ACY-quot+ADs-safety net+ACY-quot+ADs- for producers -- assuring that
American agriculture remains solid, solvent, and globally competitive in the 21st Century.
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Using industry best practices, GSA specified standards and requirements that ensure the
contractor develops, operates and maintains the USDA +ADw-span class+AD0-SpellE+AD4RMA's+ADw-/span+AD4- new infrastructure throughout the life of the task order. The
contractor will provide support at the following USDA locations: Washington, DC, and Kansas
City, MO, as well as at +ADw-span class+AD0-SpellE+AD4-RMA's+ADw-/span+AD4- 10
regional offices, five compliance offices, +ADw-span class+AD0-SpellE+AD4-Tarleton+ADw/span+AD4- University, and USDA's Center for Agriculture Excellence. The contractor will also
support government employees and contractor staff that telework either full- or part- time.
Permanent, on-site support will be provided in +ADw-st1:State w:st+AD0AIg-on+ACIAPgWashington+ADw-/st1:State+AD4- and +ADw-st1:City w:st+AD0AIg-on+ACIAPgA8st1:place w:st+AD0AIg-on+ACIAPg-Kansas City+ADw-/st1:place+AD4APA-/st1:City+AD4-,
and will be supplied to field offices as requested. +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACIArial Unicode MS+ACI-'+AD4-GSA Administrator +ADw-span class+AD0-SpellE+AD4Lurita+ADw-/span+AD4- Doan stated, +ACY-quot+ADs-FEDSIM is delighted to be able to
work with USDA to improve its national crop insurance program and save money for the
American taxpayer. With this new Millennia contract task order, GSA helps USDA in its mission
to promote, support, and +ADw-span class+AD0-GramE+AD4-regulate+ADw-/span+AD4sound risk management solutions to preserve and strengthen the economic stability of +ADwst1:country-region w:st+AD0AIg-on+ACIAPgA8-st1:place w:st+AD0AIg-on+ACIAPgAmerica+ADw-/st1:place+AD4APA-/st1:country-region+AD4-'s farmers.+ACY-quot+ADs+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4APA-span
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Order GST0006AJM077 under Contract GS00T99ALD0210. The total amount of the award is
+ACQ-120,830,169.00. +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4+ADw-p+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-Arial Unicode MS+ACI'+AD4-GSA is a centralized, federal procurement, property management, policy development
and information provision agency, created by Congress to improve government efficiency and
help federal agencies better serve the public. In this role, GSA acquires products and services on
behalf of federal agencies+ADs- plays a key role in developing and implementing governmentwide policies+ADs- provides services and solutions for the office operations of more than one
million federal workers+ADs- and encourages a citizen-centric relationship with government by
providing a single +ACY-quot+ADs-point of entry+ACY-quot+ADs- to the information and
services citizens need in a timeframe they can appreciate. This allows citizens to receive
accurate, timely and consistent answers and information, and helps federal agencies better
respond to citizen inquiries. +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4+ADw-p+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-Arial Unicode MS+ACI'+AD4-U.S. General Services Administration +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACIArial Unicode MS+ACI-'+AD4-CONTACT: Jon Anderson of U.S. General Services
Administration+ADw-span class+AD0-GramE+AD4-,202+ADw-/span+AD4--501-1231,
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