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Northrop Grumman (News - Alert) Corporation recently announced that it has obtained a follow-on contract from the city of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana to extend information technology services for the consolidated cities including enhancements in customer service, improved effectiveness in technology, risk mitigation and achieving better cost efficiencies.


The company first obtained the five-year contract in 2004 at an estimated value of $46 million. The original contract included three one year options to Northrop Grumman’s Information Technology sector and was associated with such partners as Netwise Resources and IT Business Corporation, (Indianapolis Ind.), CyberDyne Systems (Dallas, Texas), Globe- Tech Exchange (Dayton, Ohio) andCIBER ( News - Alert), Inc. (Greenwood Village, Colorado).

The new contract renewal for an additional four years comes at an estimated value of $33.9 million.

As per the terms of the contract Northrop Grumman’s Information Systems department will supply onsite management and maintenance and support services for the county’s several information technology service needs. These include, the consolidated city’s data center, help desk, networks and distributed computing and spans services including desktop maintenance, installation, mobility, extension and alteration.

According to Ed Sturms, Northrop Grumman’s vice president for Commercial, State and Local Programs, “We will continue to leverage this partnership and our experience with Indianapolis and Marion County’s IT environment to provide new and enhanced technology to better serve citizens.”