The Veterans Affairs Department has awarded 15 contracts, potentially worth $12 billion, to transform VA's information technology. Department officials evaluated more than 90 bids for the Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology procurement, which was issued in April 2010.

VA Secretary Eric Shinseki said in a statement that the contract, known as T4, "will help VA transform into a 21st century organization and enable us to deliver the high-quality health care, benefits and services veterans have earned."

The 15 companies will compete for work under the five-year indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity multiple task order contract, VA said. The T4 contracts provide a broad range of information technology and telecommunication services, including program management; systems and software engineering; enterprise network, test and evaluation; independent verification and validation; cyber security; operation and maintenance services; training; and IT facility support.

Harris Corporation is one of these 15 T4 Prime Contractors. Comtech, LLC is a Tier 1 Partner to Harris for this very significant contract vehicle.