May 6, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Lockheed Martin Corporation (lockheedmartin.com) announced on Friday that it has won a 7.5 year contract to provide information technology and infrastructure support for the federal government?s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Under the $401 million Consolidated Information Technology Infrastructure Contract (CITIC), says Lockheed Martin, CMS has combined multiple agency contracts, currently performed by several contractors, in an effort to improve the IT infrastructure?s efficiency and increase its effectiveness in meeting CMS business needs.
Lockheed Martin Information Technology will assume responsibility for operating the agency?s main data center in Woodlawn, Maryland, and its server and desktop platforms nationwide. The company will also manage and maintain the agency?s voice, video and data communications networks.
The contract also includes a full range of security and privacy services, help desk support, database management, Web casting, and Web hosting, infrastructure management and disaster recovery planning.
"Our corporation is proud to partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,? says Linda Gooden, president of Lockheed Martin Information Technology. ?Clearly, there are few IT projects in our country more important to so many Americans than those which help the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services process and deliver essential health care benefits. We are proud to be part of this team as we begin our new role to renovate and restructure the agency's vital IT backbone."
According to Lockheed Martin Information Technology, the company currently provides an extensive range of IT infrastructure services for a range of federal agencies, including the Social Security Administration, the Department of Energy?s Hanford site, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Defense, as well as numerous commercial clients.
The CMS contract, says Lockheed Martin, was awarded through the National Institutes of Health Chief Information Officers Solutions and Partners II contracting vehicle, and begins immediately.
An agency within the US Department of Health and Human Service, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid serves about 75 million beneficiaries through Medicare, Medicaid, the State Children?s Health Program and other health care quality assurance programs.
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