DLH to Deliver Leading-Edge Enterprise and Specialized Information Technology Services to the National Cancer Institute
Atlanta, Georgia – February 27, 2023 – DLH Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: DLHC) (“DLH” or the “Company”), a leading provider of science research and development, systems engineering and integration, and digital transformation solutions to federal agencies, today announced that its subsidiary Grove Resource Solutions LLC (“GRSi”) has been awarded a multiple-award blanket purchase agreement (“BPA”) to provide leading-edge enterprise and specialized information technology (“IT”) services to the National Cancer Institute’s (“NCI”) Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (“CBIIT”). NCI is an institute of the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) dedicated to leading, conducting, and supporting cancer research across the nation with the aim of advancing scientific knowledge and prolonging human lives; CBIIT provides critical IT services in support of that mission.
The multiple-award contract has a five-year period of performance, and the government estimates that the aggregate ceiling for this BPA will total $1.7 billion. Specific values will be allocated to contractors as call orders are competed and awarded. Including DLH, eight awardees have been named to this contract. GRSi has supported CBIIT through the organization’s enterprise Desktop Management and User Support program since 2018.
“We are thrilled to expand our partnership with CBIIT under this contract vehicle and strive to continue delivering the best-in-class services and solutions the NCI research community has come to expect of GRSi,” said Diane Yarnell, President of GRSi’s Health IT Business Unit.
This BPA, managed by CBIIT, provides a streamlined mechanism for the entire NCI community to access comprehensive and innovative IT services. Through GRSi, DLH will act as a prime vendor on this contract and provide NCI with the specialized professional IT support required to accomplish their complex, mission-critical goals. Under call orders to be awarded under the BPA responsibilities may include operations and maintenance, information systems security, service desk, engineering, cloud platform management and support, enterprise Software as a Service (“SaaS”) platform management, data management, and more.
“We are proud to build upon our existing relationship with NCI as the institute works tirelessly to improve research, training, and information dissemination with respect to the causes and treatment of cancer,” said Zach Parker, DLH President & CEO. “We will utilize our high-end IT and technical capabilities and our industry-leading workforce to support this vital public health mission through digital transformation.”
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