The General Services Administration awarded its e-Travel
contract to CW Government Travel Inc. of San Antonio,
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems of Fairfax, Va., and
Electronic Data Systems Corp. of Fairfax, Va. EDS had
previously been denied the contract, but was included in
the 10-year $450 million award based on a re-evaluation
following an appeal to the General Accounting Office.
The companies are to provide Web-based travel services for
the federal government’s. e-Travel, one of the Bush
administration’s 24 e-Government initiatives. The
commercial contract is aimed at cutting costs and ensuring
real time information, and will support travel planning,
authorization and reimbursement, says GSA.
It said the new travel initiative, which will accommodate
existing travel agencies and systems such as FedTripO,
will be available to civilian agencies in early 2004, and
that those agencies are expected to migrate completely by
October 2006.
