Accenture Federal Services has been awarded a task order worth up to $1.6 billion to expand and improve the U.S. Air Force’s multicloud Cloud One environment.
This is the first of three follow-on task orders to the Air Force’s original Cloud One contract. Cloud One is the Air Force’s central multicloud, multivendor ecosystem for cloud services.
Under the contract, Accenture Federal Services will act as a managed service provider for cloud account services and deliver software support to modernize Cloud One, the company said.
“Accenture Federal Services will help the U.S. Air Force optimize its current cloud environment and support Cloud One in realizing its full potential,” said Justin Shirk, a mission operations and cloud ecosystems managing director in Accenture Federal Services. “Our deep understanding of the U.S. Air Force’s mission-critical requirements, combined with our robust expertise in cloud transformation with embedded FinOps, enable us to deliver a managed cloud and software service that expertly aligns with the agency’s long-term goals.”
Accenture will leverage its federal-focused CloudTracker and deploy automated financial management to provide real-time cost transparency, drive cost savings and bolster multicloud mission agility.
Accenture Federal Services will also deliver multicloud billing and account management services.
“By maximizing cloud efficiencies, impressive cost benefits are created for federal agencies and our Defense Industrial Base clients,” said Ryan Fairchild, an enterprise digital intelligence domain managing director in Accenture Federal Services. “Accenture Federal Services looks forward to helping the U.S. Air Force create a trusted and agile multi-cloud and software ecosystem designed to keep pace with today’s complex and dynamic IT environment.”
The Cloud One Task Order support contract spans up to five years and three months.