EDS awarded $34 million subcontract from Sytel to support Department of Homeland Security`s U.S. immigration and customs enforcement

EDS today announced it has been awarded a multi-year subcontract from Sytel Corp. to provide, develop and support new information technology infrastructure for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that touches nearly every facet of the agency`s operational mission, including investigations, bookings, detention and removal of aliens, enforcement of immigration laws, and legal work.

ICE is the investigative arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

The Enforcement Systems Program contract includes a one-year, $6.5 million base period and as many as five additional option years that could place the total value of the contract to as much as $34 million if all options are exercised.

EDS will provide planning, development, maintenance, help desk, database and operations support for the following mission critical systems:

a. Enforcement Integrated Database (EID), a central repository for enforcement data;

b. Enforcement Case Tracking System (ENFORCE);

c. Apprehension Booking Module (EABM) that captures high quality data on illegal alien activity and supports the DHS law enforcement mission to identify, apprehend, detain, and remove aliens illegally in the U.S.;

d. Worksite Enforcement Activity Reporting System (LYNX), which provides a mechanism for the storage and retrieval of detailed enforcement activity as it relates to employers engaged in criminal and administrative violations of the Immigration and Nationality Act and the U.S. Criminal Code;

e. Criminal Alien Investigation System (CAIS) which automates investigation functions needed to support the Institutional Hearing/Removal Program;

f. Deportable Alien Control System (DACS) that automates many of the functions associated with tracking the status of illegal aliens under removal proceedings;

g. General Counsel Electronic Management System (GEMS), a customized system that allows the Office of the General Counsel to track case information and documentation related to their case, and;

h. Detention & Removal Operations Program Support (DROPS), which supports investigation of cases identified by the Joint Terrorist Task Force as high profile or of interest and supports automated functions and information to DRO detention and deportation officers, investigators, and other personnel in detaining and deporting aliens in DHS custody with possible ties to terrorist activity.

Besides the prime contractor, Sytel, EDS` teaming partners on the program include: DevTechnology Group, which will provide database design/development, data warehousing, data mart solutions, web-based programming and architecture planning; and Sapient, which brings design, software engineering and program management expertise.