SAIC Awarded Contract to Continue Providing Information Technology Services to Entergy Corporation
10 Dezember 2009 - 1:50PM
PR Newswire (US)
Company to Provide Application and Infrastructure Support Through
2015 SAN DIEGO and McLEAN, Va., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE:SAI)
today announced it has been awarded a follow-on contract by Entergy
Corporation to continue providing comprehensive information
technology (IT) services through 2015. The single award,
indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a six year
period of performance and a total value of more than $219 million.
Work will be performed primarily in New Orleans, La., Little Rock,
Ark., and Houston, Texas. Entergy Corporation is an integrated
energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and
retail distribution operations. Entergy owns and operates power
plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating
capacity, and is the second-largest nuclear generator in the United
States. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.7 million utility
customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy
has annual revenues of more than $13 billion and approximately
14,700 employees. Under the contract, SAIC will continue providing
comprehensive IT support services to Entergy including application
development and maintenance, as well as infrastructure support - PC
user, help desk, data center operations, and telecommunications
services. "We are pleased with the strong relationship we have
built with SAIC over the last decade," said Jill Israel, Entergy's
chief information officer. "SAIC has established themselves as a
valuable provider of quality IT services." SAIC has supported
Entergy since 1999, providing recovery support during hurricanes
Katrina and Rita, and other major storms, helping the company
develop two new data centers, and enhancing overall IT service
delivery. "We look forward to continuing our support of Entergy as
they continue delivering electricity to 2.7 million customers, and
pursue industry leading business initiatives in customer service,
utility operations, security, and storm response," said Rex
Ballard, 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 http://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 DATASOURCE: SAIC CONTACT: Melissa
Koskovich, +1-703-676-6762, , or Laura Luke, +1-703-676-6533, ,
both of SAIC Web Site: http://www.saic.com/
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