North Carolina taps three for desktop services

The state of North Carolina has selected three companies to provide desktop computer services to agencies within the state government.

The North Carolina Office of Information Technology announced Jan. 25 that the multiple-award contract for seat management went to Affiliated Computer Services Inc. of Dallas; DynCorp of Reston, Va.; and OAO Corp. of Greenbelt, Md. OAO is now part of Lockheed Martin Corp., Bethesda, Md.

The award is for four years with a one-year option. State agencies will use the contract to select the vendor they want to provide seat management services.

The potential contract value to the companies was unavailable because of the nature of the multiple-award contract, according to state officials.

Under the contract, the companies will provide distributed computing services, including help-desk support; technology refresh; asset management; asset tracking; reporting metrics; planning; storage; security; business continuity; event monitoring; moves, adds and changes; and maintenance of all hardware and software.