CDC Selects Accenture for 10-Year IT Contract

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has selected Accenture as a main contractor on its 10-year, delivery/indefinite quantity CDC Information Management Services (CIMS) contract to acquire a full range of IT services and solutions to support its global public health initiatives.

During the contract period, Accenture will compete for work in information management services and IT infrastructure services, with values of $3 billion and $1 billion, respectively. Accenture will provide services in the following areas: health IT, disease management, predictive analytics, health information exchanges, network systems design, information security services, and infrastructure managed services.

“We are excited for the opportunity to serve CDC, which studies international health trends and events, with our deep global health IT experience and capabilities,” said Dan London, managing director, North America Health & Public Service. “With this award, we intend to help CDC achieve its mission more effectively by leveraging the same high-quality information management, application, and infrastructure capabilities we provide to some of the world’s largest health organizations.”