CBP Awards CSC Contract to Support Agency’s Enterprise Network Engineering Services
CBP awarded CSC single-award blanket purchase agreement (BPA) to support the agency’s enterprise network engineering services, including cybersecurity, cloud and big data, CSC said in a news release. CSC said the contract, which will be signed in the first quarter of CSC’s fiscal year 2014, has a one-year base period, four one-year options and an estimated ceiling value of $85 million. The contract will help ensure that CBP “continues to engineer and update network solutions in compliance with agency, department and federal mandates,” said the release. CSC said they're also responsible for engineering solutions that will lead CBP toward its goal of a more efficient and effective network infrastructure by “applying cybersecurity capabilities to optimize CBP’s network.”
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“CSC’s domain knowledge with DHS’s infrastructure and cloud environment will help us to quickly provide value through this contract,” said Patrick Schambach, vice president and general manager of CSC’s North American Public Sector Homeland Security and Law Enforcement Group. Schambach also called the contract “the perfect platform” to support CSC’s strategy to drive IT and cost efficiencies.