General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), a business unit of General Dynamics, was awarded two recompete task orders totaling $320 million by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs to support visa applications and processing in South America.
Awarded under the Global Support Strategy for Overseas Consular Support Services 2.0 contract, both task orders have base periods of two years with four two-year option periods.
Under the Andean South America task order, valued at $200 million, GDIT will deliver consular support services in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. A second task order providing services in Brazil is valued at $120 million.
For both task orders, GDIT will provide digital capabilities to support visa applicants, including appointment scheduling, biometric enrollment, fee collection and data analytics.
GDIT provides visa services to the bureau in more than 50 countries and securely manages more than 100,000 digital interactions each day.
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