Consulting Engagement News: CSC, Baker Tilly, Deloitte, CACI, SAIC, and CGI

Monadnock Research – 12 November 2009

MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA, Mass.

CSC signs IT services contract with Raytheon desktop, network and data center support. Baker Tilly Hungaria and Deloitte Consulting awarded HUF 60 million consulting and outsourcing contract by Hungarian National Development Agency. CACI International has been awarded $98 million in U.S. Army orders; $29 million contract to support financial management functions at the U.S. Department of Defense. Deloitte was appointed Joint Administrators in the sale of John Stephenson & Sons Ltd and Wharton Wade Wines Ltd to European Food Brokers. SAIC was awarded five task orders worth $189 million U.S. Department of Homeland Security to support its office of the CIO and a $160 Million contract by the Naval Sea Systems Command. CGI Group signs three-year application support services contract with Rio Tinto Alcan and $100 million Yellow Pages Group, Canada. CGI Federal signs $58 million U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Section 8 program.

CSC signs IT services contract with Raytheon for desktop, network, and data center support
CSC has signed a contract for a range of IT services for Raytheon. The contract has a five-year base period with two one-year options, and runs through February 2015. The new agreement replaces an expiring 10-year contract between the companies. CSC will continue to provide a range of IT services including desktop, network and data center support. The contract extends coverage across Raytheon's U.S. operations. CSC release

Baker Tilly Hungaria and Deloitte Consulting awarded HUF 60 million consulting and outsourcing contract by Hungarian National Development Agency
A consortium led by Baker Tilly Hungaria and Deloitte Business Management Consulting have won the net HUF 60 million open public procurement tender called by the National Development Agency (NFÜ) to perform its internal audit plan this year and in 2010. The first part of the assignment, worth a combined HUF 55 million, is for general outsourcing. This has been won by the Baker Tilly-EUROUT Consortium, out of three bidders. The second part, for information technology system audit, has been won by Deloitte Business Management Consulting, out of four bidders. (MTI-Econews) Press release

CACI International has been awarded $98 million in U.S. Army orders; $29 million contract to support financial management functions at the U.S. Department of Defense
CACI International has been awarded a $75 million task order to continue its support for the Army's Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate (I2WD) through the Technical Engineering Support Services (TESS) contract. The task order is for a base period of two years with two one-year options and continues more than 21 years of CACI support to I2WD under TESS and prior omnibus service contracts. The award continues and grows the company's business in command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) programs. The work includes evaluations of commercial technologies, mission applications, and systems; enhancements of current systems; providing rapid response services in support of military missions in a coordinated and controlled operational setting; and supporting I2WD efforts to engineer, develop, test, and deploy state-of-the-art prototype systems to warfighters. Press release

CACI was also awarded a new $23 million task order to provide engineering, technical, logistics, and business management support to the U.S. Army Command, Control, Communications Tactical (C3T) Special Projects Office (SPO). It includes supporting multiple special projects as well as U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). CACI currently supports these clients under other contracts and this award represents new business with their existing clients. The contract, for one base year and one option year, was competitively awarded under the Army's Strategic Services Sourcing (S3) contract vehicle. With this award CACI expands its business in C4ISR (command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) and increases both the size and scope of its current business supporting Army C3T and CENTCOM. CACI will provide program management, project integration and program coordination as well as engineering, technical, logistical, administrative, and business management support at Fort Monmouth, NJ and MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fl. CACI release

CACI has also been awarded a $29 million prime task order to support financial management functions of the Joint Staff (JS) Comptroller at the Department of Defense (DoD). The four-year contract (one base year, three option years) was awarded under the U.S. Navy's SeaPort Enhanced (SeaPort-e) contract vehicle. The work continues support provided since 2002 and increases both the size and scope of CACI's enterprise financial management business through its business system solutions functional core competency. The JS Comptroller manages all financial resources of the JS, including planning, programming, budgeting and financial execution, and oversees the JS internal management control and quality management programs. CACI says the suite of integrated systems is based on Momentum, a financial management COTS solution, provides JS streamlined processes; real-time budget updates; reduced data entry, general ledger and financial statements; and visibility of resources across JS enabling informed and rapid decision-making. This award will now include procurement and acquisition capabilities in addition to the financial resources and expertise already in place. CACI release

Deloitte was appointed Joint Administrators in the sale of John Stephenson & Sons Ltd and Wharton Wade Wines Ltd to European Food Brokers
Bill Dawson and Ian Brown of Deloitte were appointed Joint Administrators of John Stephenson & Sons (Nelson) Ltd and Wharton Wade Wines Ltd on 6 November 2009. The Group operates as a wholesaler and distributor of wines, beers, and spirits from a site in Nelson, Lancashire, supplying principally to food outlets around the North West of England. The Joint Administrators announced the sale of the stock and the majority of the other business assets to Walsall-based European Food Brokers Ltd. Deloitte release

SAIC was awarded five task orders worth $189 million U.S. Department of Homeland Security to support its office of the CIO; $160 Million contract by the Naval Sea Systems Command to provide the Program Executive Office for Integrated Warfare Systems with engineering support services.
SAIC was awarded five task orders by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to support the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Office of the Chief Information Officer. The task orders were awarded under the DHS EAGLE contract and have a total value of more than $189 million if all options are exercised. Work will be performed primarily in Washington, D.C.

ICE protects national security by enforcing the nation's customs and immigration laws. The agency works with components of DHS and federal, state, and local organizations to secure the country and preserve personal freedoms. Under these task orders, SAIC will support ICE modernization and help maintain the agency's core applications in areas including intelligence, international affairs, investigations, and detention and removal. These efforts will help ICE enhance their information sharing, integration, and systems assurance strategies, enabling international, federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to more effectively share information and better identify potential threats. CGI release

Science Applications International Corporation also announced it has been awarded a prime contract by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to provide the Program Executive Office for Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS) with engineering support services. The task order has a one-year base period of performance, a one-year option, three one-year award terms, and a total value of more than $160 million if all options and awards are exercised. Work will be performed primarily in Washington, D.C. The task order was awarded under the U.S. Navy's SeaPort-e contract.

NAVSEA engineers build and support the U.S. Navy's fleet of ships and combat systems. PEO IWS is responsible for managing surface ship and submarine combat technologies and systems. Under the task order, the SAIC team will provide enterprise solutions for functional areas of systems engineering, ship integration and product development. CGI release

CGI Group signs three-year application support services contract with Rio Tinto Alcan; $100 million Yellow Pages Group, Canada. CGI Federal signs $58 million U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Section 8 program.
CGI Group has signed a three-year application support services contract with Rio Tinto Alcan, positioning CGI as one of Rio Tinto's primary strategic IT services partners across its global operations. CGI will maintain Rio Tinto's application portfolio that supports back-end operations including finance, sales, maintenance, HR, procurement, payroll, and health, safety and environment functions. The contract includes a renewal option of two supplementary periods of one year each. CGI has worked with Rio Tinto for more than 25 years. CGI release

CGI Group was also awarded a contract worth more than $100 million by the Yellow Pages Group, Canada's leading local commercial search provider, extending and expanding an existing agreement until 2019. As part of this 10-year contract, CGI will manage the applications and infrastructure of Yellow Pages Group's computer network, as well as projects for business intelligence and optimization of the company's research tools. CGI release

CGI Federal has signed a contract renewal estimated at $58.1 million through the end of 2010 for the Section 8 Performance Based Contract Administration (PBCA) program. CGI administers U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) multi-family housing programs in California, Florida, New York, Ohio and Washington, DC, in conjunction with its state and local housing agency partners. CGI is the largest PBCA administrator in the U.S. overseeing 25 percent of the program nationally. Administering more than 250,000 housing units, CGI makes more than $2 billion in Housing Assistance Payments annually on behalf of the federal government. CGI Federal is also a leading management consultant for Public Housing Authorities and has developed innovative and money-saving tools for Housing Quality Standards (HQS) Inspections scheduling and performance. GCI release