EDS Awarded ENCORE II Contract From the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency

HERNDON, Va., May 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EDS today announced the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) contracted with EDS to support the DISA ENCORE II contract by providing net-centric services. EDS is one of 26 companies that may compete for task orders under the $12.22 billion multiple-award, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract.

The ENCORE II program will provide global net-centric capabilities, services and solutions to all branches of the U.S. military, the Department of Defense (DoD) and other agencies of the federal government. This contract has a five year base followed by five 1-year option periods.

Under this contract, EDS has the opportunity to assist the government in identifying and maintaining the legacy baseline of requirements, processes, applications and automated systems; managing data standardization; developing integration standards, processes and methodologies; performing cross- functional analysis for applications interfaces, interoperability and integration; providing functional and technical integration solutions; developing common shared infrastructure services; and managing migration and integration through the use of program metrics tools and capabilities. EDS' ENCORE II contract solutions will help support users in the military services, DoD and other agencies of the federal government as they implement net-centric services and service-oriented architecture solutions.

"The awarding of this contract will reduce acquisition cost and time with ready access to a pre-competed contract vehicle," said Dennis Stolkey, vice president and general manager, EDS U.S. Government and Public Sector. "EDS has developed a solid client relationship based on both our current and demonstrated past performance, technical knowledge, and provision of value-added services."

DISA ENCORE II is the follow-on contract vehicle to the DISA ENCORE contract, which is scheduled to expire in 2009. EDS has supported the DISA ENCORE contract as a prime vendor since its inception in 2002. Additionally, EDS has more than 15 years of experience supporting DISA, DoD and other federal agencies under the Defense Enterprise Integration Services (DEIS), DEIS II and ENCORE contracts.

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