SAIC Awarded Five Task Orders Totaling $189 Million from U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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MCLEAN, Va. and SAN DIEGO, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) today announced it has been awarded five task orders by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to support the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Office of the Chief Information Officer. The task orders were awarded under the DHS EAGLE contract and have a total value of more than $189 million if all options are exercised. Work will be performed primarily in Washington, D.C.
ICE protects national security by enforcing the nation's customs and immigration laws. The agency works with components of DHS and federal, state, and local organizations to secure the country and preserve personal freedoms. Under these task orders, SAIC will support ICE modernization and help maintain the agency's core applications in areas including intelligence, international affairs, investigations, and detention and removal. These efforts will help ICE enhance their information sharing, integration, and systems assurance strategies, enabling international, federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to more effectively share information and better identify potential threats.
"SAIC is honored by the 15-year legacy of trust that ICE has placed with our people, processes, and innovation. These five recompete task order awards allow SAIC to further enhance ICE's capabilities in information sharing, analyst-to-agent collaboration, and data exploitation to enhance national security and make our communities safer," said Doug Wagoner, SAIC senior vice president and business unit general manager.
About SAIC
SAIC is a FORTUNE 500(® )scientific, engineering, and technology applications company that uses its deep domain knowledge to solve problems of vital importance to the nation and the world, in national security, energy and the environment, critical infrastructure, and health. The company's approximately 45,000 employees serve 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 selected commercial markets. Headquartered in McLean, Va., SAIC had annual revenues of $10.1 billion for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2009. For more information, visit www.saic.com. SAIC: From Science to Solutions(®)
Statements in this announcement, other than historical data and information, constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements, or industry results to be very different from the results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in SAIC's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2009, and other such filings that SAIC makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.
Contact: Melissa Koskovich Laura Luke
(703) 676-6762 (703) 676-6533
melissa.l.koskovich@saic.com laura.luke@saic.com
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