PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

NTT DATA, Inc. today announced the company has been awarded a contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection (CBP). During the five-year, $85 million contract, NTT DATA will provide CBP’s Office of Acquisition (OA), formerly known as the Office of Technology Innovation and Acquisition, with a comprehensive Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) program, covering the entire system lifecycle and the OA enterprise.

CBP processes more than one million passengers and pedestrians, 72,000 truck, rail and sea containers and more than 280,000 incoming privately owned vehicles—providing the necessary checks and balances for the systems supporting this volume of entries is mission critical to protecting our nation. On this contract, NTT DATA will independently verify and validate that products and systems for border management comply with CBP requirements, and ensure effective and efficient program management.

NTT DATA’s role will support OA initiatives that help control the border using a broad range of technologies, including IV&V across many CBP programs from agent portable systems and mobile surveillance systems to fixed tower systems.

“We’re looking forward to providing OA with long-term solutions to help secure our nation’s borders. This contract will enable our federal team to apply technology-forward solutions to help government,” said Tim Conway, U.S. Public Sector President for NTT DATA.

Since 2008, NTT DATA has provided IV&V services to OA. During that time, NTT DATA introduced several innovative cost and time saving measures, demonstrating decisively a strong commitment to helping CBP.

About NTT DATA

NTT DATA partners with clients to navigate and simplify the modern complexities of business and technology, delivering the insights, solutions and outcomes that matter most. We deliver tangible business results by combining deep industry expertise with applied innovations in digital, cloud and automation across a comprehensive portfolio of consulting, application, infrastructure and business process outsourcing services.

NTT DATA is a top 10 global business and IT services provider with 100,000+ professionals in more than 50 countries, and is part of NTT Group, a partner to 85 percent of the Fortune 100. Visit nttdata.com/americas to learn more.

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