ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has selected Accenture Federal Services  as one of the prime contractors to provide technology services under a 10-year, $20 billion indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract. The Chief Information Officer Solutions and Partners 3 (CIO-SP3) is a government-wide contract vehicle that supports federal healthcare IT needs and agencies across the U.S. federal government. Task orders to be awarded under CIO-SP3 include operational support, program management, integration services, infrastructure protection, digital government and enterprise management systems.

Accentures global work in the healthcare industry includes payer, provider and public health clients. Accenture (ACN) brings innovation, federal experience and commercial best practices to help government agencies envision, design and deliver new capabilities.

Accenture brings knowledge of the broader health community to our work across the federal health community. This contract vehicle enables us to continue to provide critical services to federal healthcare agencies, said Ed Meehan , who leads Accentures U.S. civilian agency portfolio.

Learn more about Accentures work with federal agencies and Accenture's Insight Driven Health

About Accenture

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with more than 246,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the worlds most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. The company generated net revenues of US $25.5 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31. 2011. Its home page is www.accenture.com.

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