Science Applications Wins $18 Million Task Order
March 23, 2010 (FinancialWire) — Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAI) said it has been awarded a task order by the U. S. Transportation Command to support the Agile Transportation for the 21st Century initiative by providing process and systems improvement and reengineering for business process management development activities.
The task order has a six-month base period of performance, four one-year options, a six-month extension period, and a total value of more than $18 million, if all options and extensions are exercised.
USTRANSCOM provides air, land and sea transportation for the Department of Defense. Its AT21 initiative is designed to provide improved time-definite delivery and best-value transportation solutions to fully support combatant commanders' movement requirements.
Under this task order, SAIC will help manage the development of AT21 capabilities to meet warfighter movement requirements through improved on-time delivery.
SAIC will apply best business practices and configure the BPM tool, WebMethods, to standardize, automate, benchmark, and improve USTRANSCOM deployment and distribution business processes.
Virginia-based Science Applications is a scientific, engineering, and technology applications company serving customers in the U.S. Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, other U.S. government civil agencies and various commercial markets.
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