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FAIRFAX, VA, April 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ - CGI (NYSE: GIB)
(TSX: GIB.A) today announced that it was awarded contracts
totalling more than $22M by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and
Development (ORD). CGI will provide software development, testing,
implementation and production support to ORD laboratories, centers
and offices for science and research management systems and
software and administrative systems and software.
Supporting six research programs, ORD is EPA's scientific research
arm, whose leading-edge research underpins the science and
technology of the agency. CGI has supported ORD in its
administrative and mission support management systems for more than
20 years providing cross-functional expertise on more than 240
applications. Under these contracts, CGI will bring its expertise
in:
- Agile development
- Application maintenance
- Database management
- Application platform management
"Our dedicated CGI experts understand EPA and ORD's mission,
enabling us to develop and maintain enterprise-wide applications
that support consolidating administrative processes," said
Tim Turitto, CGI Federal senior vice
president for Regulatory Agency Programs. "Our ability to deliver
these solutions helps ORD achieve cost efficiencies through
streamlined, consolidated support models, enabling cost savings to
help drive innovation within ORD's research and development
mission."
ORD is using CGI's innovative AgileIQ Suite to maximize
collaboration and transparency for systems during development,
operations and maintenance. CGI experts work across technologies to
flexibly support ORD's evolving needs and its subject matter
experts to meet changing workload requirements.
"CGI's ongoing partnership throughout all of EPA has enabled us
to provide ORD with unique insight and efficiencies to help
digitally transform their enterprise," said Tim Hurlebaus, president of CGI Federal. "We
look forward to continuing our long-standing support to their
mission."
About CGI Federal Inc.
CGI Federal Inc. is a
wholly-owned U.S. operating subsidiary of CGI Group Inc., dedicated
to partnering with federal agencies to provide solutions for
defense, civilian, and intelligence missions. Founded in 1976, CGI
Group Inc. is the fifth largest independent information technology
and business process services firm in the world. Approximately
65,000 professionals serve thousands of global clients from offices
and delivery centers across the Americas, Europe and Asia
Pacific, leveraging a comprehensive portfolio of services
including high-end business and IT consulting, systems integration,
application development and maintenance, infrastructure management
as well as 150 IP-based services and solutions. With annual revenue
in excess of C$10 billion and an
order backlog exceeding C$20 billion,
CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB).
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