BETHESDA, MD – IBM
today announced it won a contract with the U.S. Army’s Office of the Judge
Advocate General (JAG) to provide technical support and project-management
services to improve the agency’s delivery of legal services, boost computing
capacity and reduce overall costs.
The award, made under the Army’s Information Technology Enterprise
Solutions - Enterprise Mission Support Service Solutions (ITES-EMS3)
contract, is worth a potential $7.4 million over five years.

ITES allows for rapid, cost-effective procurements by allowing government
agencies to select goods and services from certain pre-qualified vendors
through a vehicle known as Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite
Quantity (ID/IQ) contract.

The Judge Advocate General’s Corps provides legal services for soldiers,
retirees and their families. It also provides prosecutors and defense
attorneys in criminal trials under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

IBM’s federal consulting unit, based in Bethesda, will provide consulting
services to help JAG revamp its entire IT suite. The agency expects to
better manage its case load, improve the speed and quality of legal service
to Army customers and provide faster help-desk support.

IBM also will help JAG integrate existing computing systems for improved
operation, develop new business applications and improve the agency’s
network performance.

CIBER, Inc.’s Federal Outsourcing Division of McLean, Virginia, will provide
project management and software maintenance services with its systems
support professionals. The work will be performed at the JAG’s office in
Arlington, Va.

JAG expects the new system will reduce routine IT maintenance costs and
boost systems performance.