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Perspecta Gets $112M DHS DC2 Managed IT Services IDIQ; Rocky Thurston Quoted

Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP) has received a potential three-year, $112M contract to provide managed information technology services for the Department of Homeland Security’s data centers.

The Data Center Two Support Services indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a base term of two years and two six-month option periods and includes data center consolidation, hosting and engineering support, application and system migration, planning, retirement and execution support, the company said Wednesday.

Rocky Thurston, senior vice president and general manager of Perspecta’s civilian, state and local business group, said the DC2 contract will support DHS’ efforts to optimize and consolidate data centers and reinforces the company’s position as an end-to-end managed IT services provider.

“We have a long and proven history of supporting DHS on a multitude of programs, from agile DevSecOps to secure cloud migration and management, and we look forward to continuing that partnership in support DHS’ long-term IT transformation goals,” Thurston added.

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