Accenture Federal Services won a $190 million contract from the State Department to provide data and systems engineering support for the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
The single-award contract has a base performance period of one year and four option years.
“Celebrating its 20th year in existence, PEPFAR invests in systems that drive efficient and sustainable healthcare,” said Accenture Federal Services Managing Director and U.S. Department of State Client Account Lead Anthony Pinheiro. “PEPFAR is a shining example of what can be achieved with a whole-of-government approach. Accenture Federal Services is helping the organization secure health data collection and exchange to enable real-time analysis of programmatic performance.”
PEPFAR has saved 25 million lives and prevented millions of HIV infections, the company said. The program is run by the State Department’s Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy and carried out by seven government agencies.
It is credited with helping train 340,000 healthcare workers in partner countries to improve HIV care and provide other health services. The program also built a lasting system to tackle other health challenges in recent years, like COVID-19.
“Policies and practices to combat global health threats work best when supported by detailed data to drive optimal decision-making,” said John Roche, Accenture Federal Services’ managing director. “Accenture Federal Services is introducing new technologies and architectures into PEPFAR’s data infrastructure as the program builds on the success it has already achieved as an innovative global health paradigm, and as it evolves to address new risk groups, confront future health threats, and eliminate HIV as a public health threat by 2030.”