CSC to provide support services for US DHS

CSC (CSC) has been awarded a contract by the US Coast Guard (USCG) to provide support services for the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

The task order is part of the Domain 1, Track 1 of the technical, acquisition and business support services (TABSS) contract for programme management, engineering and technology support services.

CSC Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs Group vice president and general manager Pat Schambach said that the company will provide a wide range of domain knowledge, mission expertise, IT best practices and next-generation capabilities to TABSS.

"Through this contract, we will provide DHS with proven support services needed to assist with the Department’s cross-organisational mission of protecting the homeland, deterring crime and detecting and countering terrorism while also helping DHS improve IT cost effectiveness," Schambach added.

Under the contract, CSC will provide acquisition programme management support for design, development, utilisation and other activities for assets, processes and systems that are being acquired by the DHS agencies.

Additional support services, as part of the contract for the US DHS, include ship and ship system design and engineering; enterprise architecture; information systems; modelling and simulation; enterprise resource management; quality assurance; research and development; and systems engineering.

The multiple-award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract includes 11 other companies and is valued at $11bn for all TABSS domains and tracks.