Accenture Federal Services lands $189M CDC contract

Arlington-based Accenture Federal Services has received a $189 million contract to help speed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s migration to the cloud.

According to a news release Thursday, AFS will work with the CDC modernize its portfolio of information technology systems, examine enhancing functionality of those systems, and move systems into a secured cloud environment. The contract’s length is three years.

“We are excited for the opportunity to help modernize public health systems and improve access to data that is essential to CDC’s work,” Jill Olmstead, AFS’ managing director and health consulting lead, said in a statement. “We look forward to introducing innovative ways to achieve CDC’s cloud adoption goals through our public health experience, cloud-first capabilities, and innovation investments, to help advance their mission to protect people from health, safety and security threats.”

Accenture Federal Services is a wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture LLP, part of Irish Fortune Global 500 company Accenture PLC. Accenture has more than 710,000 employees across 120 countries and reported $50.5 billion in fiscal year 2021 revenue.