US General Services Administration has signed on the dotted line with 29 suppliers for US$50 billion (A$59 billion) worth of IT goods and services.
The so-called Alliant contract is US government-wide acquisition contract (GWAC) that gives federal agencies a centralised source for procuring integrated IT solutions at best price.
The deal, which took more than a year to negotiate, has a five year base, with an option for another five years.
Big winners in the Alliant deal include IT services giants like EDS, CSC, Unisys and IBM, as well as consulting houses like Accenture, BearingPoint and Booz Allen.
GSA serves as a centralised procurement and property management agency for the US federal government, managing more than 20 per cent of the government’s total procurement dollars and influencing the management of US$500 billion in federal assets.
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