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GSA Selects GD To Provide Enterprise IT For New DHS Headquarters

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

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After canceling a potential $2.6 billion contract it had previously awarded to Northrop Grumman [NOC], the General Service Administration (GSA) on Monday evening selected General Dynamics [GD] to provide the enterprise-wide information technology (IT) infrastructure for the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) new headquarters that is being built at the St. Elizabeth’s hospital complex in Washington, D.C. GSA said the seven-year task order it awarded to GD has a ceiling value of $867 million if all options are exercised. So…

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