Orange County, California Awards SAIC $102 Million Information Technology Services Contract

MCLEAN, Va., May 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) [NYSE: SAI] announced today it was awarded a prime contract by the County of Orange, Calif. to provide information technology (IT) managed services and solutions to agencies and departments within the county. The single award firm fixed-price contract has a five year base period of performance valued at more than $74 million, two one-year options, and a total contract value of approximately $102 million, if all options are exercised. Work will be performed in Santa Ana, Calif. and SAIC's Integrated Services Management Center in Oak Ridge, Tenn.

Orange County's government consists of 25 departments, and respective divisions, responsible for its 3 million residents. The county serves as a regional service provider and planning agency whose core businesses include public safety, public health, environmental protection, regional planning, public assistance, social services and aviation. Under the contract, SAIC will provide IT services in areas including: service desk and desktop services; data center management; applications maintenance and development; and overall IT service management. SAIC will also help modernize the county's current IT infrastructure by centralizing IT services, upgrading applications systems and lowering costs.

"This contract will allow us to transform how IT services are provided at the County," said Mahesh Patel, County of Orange Deputy CEO and Chief Information Officer. "SAIC was selected by the Board of Supervisors for reasons including their best practices approach to service delivery, focus on innovation, understanding of the challenges we face in local government, and their ability to help us achieve our long-term strategic goals."

"We are proud to be selected by Orange County to implement world class, scalable and flexible IT solutions that enable them to move to a modern IT-managed services model," said Robert Genter, SAIC customer group senior vice president. "Our work will also provide enhanced capabilities and performance across agencies to improve citizen services."  

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 40,000 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 approximately $11.2 billion for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2013.  For more information, visit 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, 2013, 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.

SOURCE SAIC

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