On Monday, GSA announced that Electronic Data Systems Corp. (EDS) would join Northrop Grumman Corp. and CW Government Travel Inc. in offering its product to federal agencies. Under GSA's eTravel initiative, the contractors pitch their products to agency officials, who then select the one that works best for their organization.
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General Services Administration officials announced Nov. 10 that the agency had reopened the bidding and awarded the contract for e-travel to EDS and the two original winners, CW Government Travel Inc. of San Antonio and Northrop Grumman Mission Systems of Fairfax, Va. E-Travel is one of the administration's 25 e-government initiatives. The contract is valued at up to $450 million over 10 years.
With threats of too little money, delays, resistance from affected agencies and other problems, it appears uncertain whether the information technology projects will be completed as planned by the end of the Bush presidential term.
It's that kind of approach that Blunt believes needs to be applied to the rest of the state. It's what the state has to do if it wants to be more efficient, Blunt said.
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The Plano, Texas, company protested GSA’s original award to Carlson Wagonlit Government Travel Inc. of San Antonio and the Mission Systems unit of Northrop Grumman Corp., in August. EDS said GSA did not properly evaluate all the offers.