SAIC harvests GSA crop insurance support deal

Science Applications International Corp. of San Diego has been awarded a $121 million task order from the General Services Administration for IT support services for the Agriculture Department to improve USDA's national crop insurance program.

GSA's Federal Systems Integration and Management Center awarded the performance-based task order under its governmentwide Millennia IT contract.

The contract will help USDA's Risk Management Agency maintain their legacy systems, re-engineer their current IT environment and also operate and maintain their hardware/software infrastructure. The services aim to help the crop insurance program transform into a broad-based safety net for farmers.

SAIC of San Diego has more than 43,000 employees and had annual revenue of $7.8 billion for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31. The company ranks No. 3 on Washington Technology's 2006 Top 100 list of the largest federal IT contractors.

Mary Mosquera is a staff writer for Washington Technology's sister publication, Government Computer News.