WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:
IBM) today announced that has been selected as one of the five
large business awards by the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) Mission Area in a
blanket purchase agreement (BPA) to provide software development
services and help support USDA's digital modernization journey. The
estimated worth of the combined task orders to be separately
competed under this BPA – which over 30 vendors competed on – is
$620M over the next five years.
Under this BPA multi-award, IBM can compete to work with the
Mission Area to help modernize legacy applications that support the
conservation programs administered by the Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS) and Farm Services Agency
(FSA).
"Technology has incredible potential to transform the way
governments serve citizens and accomplish critical missions. IBM is
proud to have the opportunity to work with the USDA to help achieve
higher levels of digital modernization," said Jay Bellissimo, IBM's General Manager, U.S.
Public Sector and Federal Market. "Our team is ready to bring our
experience in application modernization to help FPAC deliver
modernized systems that assist the conservationists in helping
farmers and ranchers reduce soil erosion, enhance water supplies,
improve water quality, increase wildlife habitats and reduce damage
caused by natural disasters."
This award follows the 90+ year history between IBM and USDA
across a variety of projects with FPAC, the Forest Service, the
Food Safety and Inspection Service and Agriculture Marketing
Service.
USDA provides leadership on food, agriculture, natural
resources, rural development, nutrition, and related issues based
on public policy. FPAC supports U.S. farmers, ranchers and other
stewards of private agricultural lands and non-industrial private
forest lands. Under FPAC's guidelines, agencies implement programs
designed to mitigate farming risks, conservation programs and
technical assistance, and commodity, lending, and disaster
programs.
About USDA
For more information visit
https://www.usda.gov
About IBM
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