PwC an Awardee on Contract with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center

PwC's Public Sector practice poised to provide federal government with range of IT consulting services from strategy through execution

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Jun 13, 2012, 09:00 ET

NEW YORK, June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PwC US announced today it was awarded a contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health (NIH) Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) to provide information technology (IT) services to federal agencies.

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NITAAC's Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 3 (CIO-SP3) is a multiple-award, Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) with a ceiling of $20 billion across all awardees over the next 10 years. With an unrestricted award, PwC will be eligible to compete for task orders in all 10 CIO-SP3 Service Areas, which include:

IT Services for Biomedical Research, Health Sciences and Healthcare
Chief Information Officer (CIO) Support
Imaging
Outsourcing
IT Operations and Maintenance
Integration Services
Critical Infrastructure Protection and Information Assurance
Digital Government
Enterprise Resource Planning
Software Development

"Being among the awardees on this contract is a major recognition from NITAAC about PwC's capabilities in information technology, and we look forward to providing the federal government with support across a range of critical IT services," said Scott McIntyre, PwC's U.S. Public Sector practice leader. "PwC's depth and breadth of consulting services can provide government agencies with the capabilities they need to leverage technology to be increasingly productive, efficient and innovative."

About PwC's Public Sector Practice
PwC's Public Sector practice helps federal agencies solve complex business issues, manage risk and add value through our comprehensive service offerings in financial management; program management; human capital; enterprise effectiveness; governance, risk and compliance; and technology, all of which are delivered seamlessly throughout the world. To find out more, visit www.pwc.com/publicsector.

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