Modernize Improve Bill Tender

Contract Awarded To modernize and improve GI Bill claims processing for veterans service members and their dependents.Accenture Federal Services AFS a subsidiary of Accenture has won a 453 million prime contract from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs VA to modernize and improve GI Bill claims processing for veterans service members and their dependents. Under the Digital GI Bill Delivery Program AFS will improve education claims processing and transform other education and management systems for VAs Veterans Benefits Administration VBA through automation user interface user experience design service transformation analytics and other modern IT services. AFS work includes configuring the GI Bill Claims Processing and Management Service by implementing updates required by the Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 and providing IT and management consulting services. The contract runs for a base period of seven months with nine one-year option periods. AFS will serve as the prime for this modernization effort leading an integrated team of 12 subcontractors.VA began transforming the education benefits of the GI Bill more than a decade ago with the passage of the Post-911 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008. This contract will further transform the agencys work. Recent legislation requires VA to transform roughly two dozen legacy IT systems to improve the speed and accuracy of its education claims processes. This work is expected to improve the customer service for Veterans and allow future legislation to be implemented in a more rapid and agile manner. This contract win continues Accentures work in support of VA including Loan Guaranty IT updates to implement the Harry W. Colmery Educational Assistance Act of 2017 as well as support for the Service Management Office.