SAIC Awarded $20 Million Task Order by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) [NYSE: SAI] announced today it was awarded a task order by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide software engineering and technical support to the Office of Environmental Information (OEI). The task order has a four month base period of performance, four one-year options and a total value of $20 million if all options are exercised.  Work will be performed primarily in McLean, Va. The Next Generation Geographic Information Systems Support (NGISS) task order was awarded under the EPA's ORD Software Engineering and Specialized Scientific Support (SES3) contract.

The OEI identifies and implements IT and management solutions that strengthen the agency's ability to ensure the quality of information, and the efficiency and reliability of technology, data collection, exchange efforts, and access services. Under the task order, SAIC will continue to provide support to the EPA in areas including outreach, data management, testing and debugging, and technical expertise. SAIC will also help develop GIS applications and enhance existing databases to accommodate new applications. In addition, the company will support the adoption of an agency-wide geospatial framework. Work under the task order will help integrate the EPA's legacy GIS applications, helping increase efficiency, and improve the performance and capabilities of applications.  

"We look forward to helping the EPA remain on the cutting edge of advances in GIS technologies" said Doug Wagoner, SAIC senior vice president and business unit general manager. "SAIC will use advanced GIS technologies on this task order to assist EPA in their efforts to utilize and visualize environmental data for making critical decisions to improve human health and the environment."

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 $10.8 billion for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2010.  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, 2010, 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.

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