US awards $50 bln IT services contract to 29 firms
BOSTON, July 31 (Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Tuesday it has chosen 29 companies to provide information technology services to federal agencies in a massive contract it said is worth $50 billion.
Winners include Electronic Data Systems Corp (EDS.N: Quote, Profile, Research), International Business Machines Corp (IBM.N), L-3 Communications Holdings Inc <LLL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and Unisys Corp (UIS.N: Quote, Profile, Research). (Reporting by Jim Finkle)