CHANTILLY, Va., Dec. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Perspecta Inc.
(NYSE: PRSP), a leading U.S. government services provider,
announced today that it has received a position on the General
Services Administration (GSA) CIO Modernization and Enterprise
Transformation (COMET) program. The program, which represents new
work for the company, is a blanket purchase agreement and has a
one-year base with four one-year options. The company was also
awarded its first task order on the program, valued at $16 million.
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COMET, which will support GSA's Federal Acquisition Services
(FAS) group, will provide the agency with a streamlined process to
support agile delivery services. Specifically, Perspecta will
compete for task orders to provide IT management and governance,
business process analysis, agile solution architecture and design,
agile application development and configuration, analytics,
integration and DevOps to the customer. On its first task order,
Perspecta will provide the FAS Integrated Acquisition Environment
(IAE) organization with development as well as operations and
maintenance of beta.SAM.gov, the agency's effort to streamline and
consolidate 10 legacy federal award systems into a single
website.
"We are always looking for new ways to expand our partnership
with GSA," said Rocky Thurston,
senior vice president and general manager of Perspecta's civilian,
state and local business group. "Our deep understanding of GSA's
systems and requirements and strong past performance have prepared
us well for this opportunity. We will continue to rely on
innovation and our market expertise to modernize and support the
GSA IT environment."
For more than 18 years and across more than 25 projects,
Perspecta has been providing comprehensive IT support services to
GSA. Services have included: project oversight, enterprise solution
development, and application maintenance in support of GSA's
business and strategic IT objectives.
About Perspecta Inc.
At Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP), we question, we seek and we solve.
Perspecta brings a diverse set of capabilities to our U.S.
government customers in defense, intelligence, civilian, health
care and state and local markets. Our 270+ issued, licensed and
pending patents are more than just pieces of paper, they tell the
story of our innovation. With offerings in mission services,
digital transformation and enterprise operations, our team of
14,000 engineers, analysts, investigators and architects work
tirelessly to not only execute the mission, but build and support
the backbone that enables it. Perspecta was formed to take on big
challenges. We are an engine for growth and success and we enable
our customers to build a better nation. For more information
about Perspecta, visit perspecta.com.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements are made on the basis of the
current beliefs, expectations and assumptions of the management of
Perspecta and are subject to significant risks and uncertainty.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any such
forward-looking statements. All such forward-looking statements
speak only as of the date they are made, and Perspecta undertakes
no obligation to update or revise these statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise. Although
Perspecta believes that the expectations reflected in these
forward-looking statements are reasonable, these statements involve
a variety of risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results
to differ materially from what may be expressed or implied in these
forward-looking statements.
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