VA Awards Huge IT Contract Seven veteran-owned businesses and seven large companies will provide IT support to improve veterans’ access to benefits and health information. The Veteran Affairs Department’s Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology program, known as T4, has a ceiling of $12 billion. “This five-year program will help VA transform into a 21st century organization and enable us to deliver the high-quality health care, benefits, and services veterans have earned,” VA Secretary Eric Shinseki said in a statement. ”In addition, it opens an opportunity for veterans in business to grow and claim a share of VA’s business.” A fifteenth contract is being held up by a GAO protest. The awardees are: Booz Allen Hamilton, Red Bank, NJ. CACI-ISS Inc., Chantilly, VA. Harris Corp., Melbourne, FL. Systems Research and Applications Corp., Fairfax, VA. Creative Computing Solutions Inc. (CCSi), Rockville, MD 20850. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services LLC, Herndon, VA. ASM Research Inc., Fairfax, VA. Systems Made Simple, Syracuse, NY. Firstview Federal TS, Rockville, MD. Information Innovators, Springfield, VA. 7 Delta, Fulton, MD. By Light, Arlington, VA. Technatomy, Fairfax, VA. Adams Communications & Engineering Technology, Waldorf, MD.