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SI International (Reston, Virginia), an information and network solutions company, said it has won a new competitive task order under the Army’s HRsolutions Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract for human resources, personnel service and support to provide services to Brooke Army Medical Center (San Antonio). SI will provide transition administrative staff supporting warriors in transition.

The task order value is about $4.3 million, inclusive of the options and has a one-year base period with two one-year option periods. The HRsolutions ID/IQ contract was competitively awarded to multiple vendors in September 2004 and each task order is competed among prime contract holders.

Since June, Brooke Army Medical Center has implemented a series of changes designed to improve the quality of care for soldiers who are wounded, injured, or seriously ill and are undergoing treatment at Brooke Army Medical Center. SI’s transition assistance staff will work closely with nurse case managers, medical personnel, and the military chain of command to ensure the best possible care for soldiers and their families during the transition process, the company said.

SI International provides information technology and network solutions primarily to the federal government.

In other contract news: American Medical Alert (AMAC; Oceanside, New York) reported winning a contract from the City of New York, Human Resources Administration to continue providing Personal Emergency Response Services (PERS) to Medicaid home care clients.

The contract term is two years, with two options to renew in favor of HRA for two additional two-year terms. Based on an annual caseload of about 7,000, the six-year value of the contract exceeds $14 million. PERS is provided to eligible Medicaid clients in the five boroughs as an enhancement to traditional home care services under HRA’s Home Care Services Program.

Qualified seniors receive AMAC’s premium product offering which includes a two-way voice console unit, a lightweight, wireless activator which can be conveniently worn around the neck, wrist or attached to a belt, a dedicated bathroom activator and monitored smoke detector. When the system is activated, the console unit immediately dials a toll-free number to AMAC’s National 24/7 Response Center and opens a two-way voice link between the senior and trained monitoring personnel to identify the nature of the call and dispatch appropriate assistance as necessary.

AMAC is a healthcare communications company. Its product and service portfolio includes PERS and emergency response monitoring, electronic medication reminder devices, disease management monitoring appliances and healthcare communication solutions services.