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NIH Selects Xerox As Prime Contractor

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Xerox has been selected as a prime contractor to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). As an approved contractor, Xerox can compete for all service contracts that include Information Technology (IT) services for biomedical research, software development, health sciences, imaging, IT operations and integration services.

Under the NIH Chief Information Solutions and Partners 3 (CIO-SP3) contract, pre-qualified contractors are identified to simplify the acquisition process for federal government agencies.

More than 25 federal agencies have selected Xerox to simplify their business process and information technology needs. Xerox processes more than 300 million documents for federal agencies each year. And with health care contracts in 35 states; Xerox serves 23 million program recipients, and processes 570 million Medicaid claims each year totaling more than $50 billion in provider payments.

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