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CSRA awarded $266M GSA IT support award for the EPA

By TechTaffy Desk

SRA International, a subsidiary of CSRA, has been awarded a five-year, $266 million contract (including all option years) by the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM). The new contract directs CSRA to provide IT support for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Under this contract, CSRA will provide a range of services to develop and operate the EPA’s infrastructure and application platforms, said the company in a statement. Services will include data center management, application hosting, application deployment and maintenance, geospatial service support, network security, cybersecurity, cloud computing, Continuity of Operations (COOP) services, Enterprise Identity and Access Management (EIAM) and Active Directory (AD).

This contract will consolidate work performed under multiple separate task orders.

[Image courtesy: CSRA]

 

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