CGI Federal, Inc., (CGI) a wholly-owned U.S. operating subsidiary of CGI Group Inc., (NYSE: GIB; TSX: GIB.A) today announced that it was one of 8 large business IT service providers selected by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to bid on up to US$4 billion in work to be awarded under CMS's Enterprise Systems Development (ESD) IDIQ contract.
CMS is responsible for administering Medicare, Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance programs. The ESD contract will be used to modernize and maintain CMS's IT platform that is used to process and track millions of claims annually. The ESD contract covers systems development and integration, system and application engineering and technical support to improve the automated systems and agency-wide applications of the Health and Human Services Department.
"CMS has been a client of CGI since 1998," said Cheryl Campbell, Vice-President, CGI and account manager for CGI's ESD contract. "We are pleased that they continue to have confidence in our ability to provide them with state-of-the-art solutions and services, and we look forward to participating in the bidding process."
CGI supports several critical mission functions for CMS, including the agencies' www.medicare.gov
website as well as providing support and enhancements to the Health Plan Management System - a Web-enabled centralized information system used to analyze Plan level quality of care, benefit packages, financial management data, and compliance monitoring. CGI also provides support for several systems under CMS' Office of Financial Management, including the development and implementation of the Provider Enrollment Chain and Ownership System, which is the national enrollment system for all Medicare providers in the U.S that provides a single, centralized database to track individuals, organizations and their relationships across the entire Medicare program.
"This opportunity is an affirmation of the quality of work that CGI has been performing," said George Schindler, President, CGI Federal. "We are excited to be able to focus on enterprise development for CMS and the opportunity to continue to help them upgrade their IT infrastructure. We look forward to competing for, and winning, a substantial portion of the work to be awarded under this contract."
About CGI Federal
CGI Federal (www.cgi.com/usfederal
) is a wholly-owned U.S. operating subsidiary of CGI Group Inc., dedicated to providing effective IT solutions for federal government agencies by combining over 30 years of government experience and technology skills. Founded in 1976, CGI Group Inc. is one of the largest independent information technology and business process services firms in the world. CGI and its affiliated companies employ approximately 25,500 professionals. CGI provides end-to-end IT and business process services to clients worldwide from offices in Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia Pacific as well as from centers of excellence in North America, Europe and India. CGI's annual revenue run rate stands at $3.7 billion (US$3.5 billion) and at June 30th, 2007, CGI's order backlog was $12.4 billion (US$11.6 billion). CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB) and are included in the S&P/TSX Composite Index as well as the S&P/TSX Capped Information Technology and MidCap Indices. Website: www.cgi.com.
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For more information:
Media
Peter Cutler
Director, Communications
peter.cutler@cgifederal.com
703-33-8973
Investors
Lorne Gorber
Vice-President, Global Communications and
Investor Relations
lorne.gorber@cgi.com
514-841-3355
