National Institutes of Health Awards Smartronix CIO-SP3 Contract

HOLLYWOOD, MD--(Marketwire - Jun 6, 2012) - The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) has selected Smartronix as an awardee for the Chief Information Solutions and Partners 3 (CIO-SP3) Government Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC). The Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract has a ceiling value of up to $20 billion and a performance period of 10 years.

The CIO-SP3 vehicle enables customers to use task orders for information technology (IT) requirements that support the Federal Enterprise Architecture, the Department of Defense Enterprise Architecture, and the Federal Health Architecture. There are 10 distinct task areas available offering services such as software development, imaging, and enterprise management systems.

"The CIO-SP3 is a relevant vehicle designed to streamline acquisition and support changing IT requirements as they evolve; offering Federal agencies flexibility, efficiency, and speed," said David MacRae, Executive Vice President, Smartronix. "We are honored to have been chosen to represent NITAAC in offering IT services and solutions to their customers."

Smartronix is a global professional solutions provider specializing in Health IT, Mission-Focused Engineering, NetOps, Cyber Security, Cloud Computing, and Enterprise Software Solutions. Headquartered in St. Mary's County, Maryland, Smartronix operates 11 offices in the U.S. in addition to strategic locations internationally, including: Germany, Japan, Honduras, and Djibouti. Smartronix' 17-acre St. Mary's County campus-style headquarters includes a complete rapid prototyping facility, testing capability, multiple staging and integration labs, SCIF ready space, and software development center. With approximately 600 employees, Smartronix has received numerous recognitions and awards, to include Vault's "Best Firm to Work For," one of the 50 largest technology employers in the Greater Washington, D.C. area, and one of the fastest-growing private companies nationally as ranked by Washington Business Journal and Inc. 500/5000 media, respectively.