Perot Systems Government Services (PSGS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dell, has been awarded core technologies services contract by the US Coast Guard (USCG) to provide IT infrastructure services.

Under the new five-year agreement, PSGS will provide services including: evaluation of emerging technologies to traditional desktop, server and network towers.

In addition, Dell Services will also provide 25% of staffing of the USCGs Operations System Center (OSC) facility for an estimated $18m.

Dell Services OSC team will support the Coast Guard’s search and rescue operations with application and other IT support services.

Dell services federal government division vice president Richard Pineda said the company wants to thank the Coast Guard for choosing them to continue supporting critical applications and IT support service for this new contract.