Northrop Grumman Announces Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Award for Enterprise System Development
MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been awarded a contract by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to help the agency modernize its services, improve health care quality and reduce costs.
Northrop Grumman Information Technology (IT) sector is leading a team that will compete with 15 other contractors for task orders under the 10-year, $4 billion Enterprise System Development (ESD) indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract.
CMS will use the ESD contract to acquire IT services and solutions including new applications, systems maintenance and legacy systems migration. The scope of work includes planning, design, development, testing, implementation, operations and maintenance for CMS automated systems and business application software.
"Northrop Grumman will leverage its 10 years of experience with CMS to continue to support the agency's mission of providing effective, up-to-date health care coverage and promoting quality care for beneficiaries," said Linda Mills, president of Northrop Grumman IT's Civilian Agencies group.
Northrop Grumman's teammates on the contract include BearingPoint and Iogen Technologies, McLean, Va.; Vangent, Arlington, Va.; Virginia Health Quality Center, Richmond, Va.; SXC Health Solutions, Lisle, Ill.; Patriot Technologies, Frederick, Md.; New Century Consulting Group, Goshen, Ky.; Customer Value Partners, Fairfax, Va.; eBITS, Springfield, Va.; and TELESIS Technologies, Rockville, Md.
Work on the contract will be conducted in Woodlawn, Md.
Northrop Grumman is a trusted integrator of advanced health solutions, including health and benefits systems management and information security. The company's services span the public health, healthcare delivery and life sciences domains, and include cutting-edge information exchange for electronic health records, Web-enabled workflow processing and large-scale information management.
Northrop Grumman Corporation is a $30 billion global defense and technology company whose 120,000 employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in information and services, electronics, aerospace and shipbuilding to government and commercial customers worldwide.
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