Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has agreed to pay $5.75 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims under a contract with the General Services Administration (GSA) that it knew had been awarded in violation of federal procurement regulations. SAIC provides scientific, engineering and technical services to commercial and government customers and is headquartered in Northern Virginia.
In 2006, GSA awarded a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) to SAIC for the provision of professional engineering and consulting services. Those services related to the study and evaluation of new products and emerging technologies. The United States contended that SAIC personnel provided false information to GSA contracting officials to induce them to award the BPA to SAIC. In particular, the United States alleged that SAIC caused another individual to falsely represent himself as an employee of the Senior Executive Staff of the Department of Defense and the Director of another federal agency. SAIC performed a substantial number of the task orders it received under the BPA for the U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida.
This False Claims Act lawsuit was filed by a retired Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. Pursuant to the False Claims Act, this whistleblower will receive $977,500 from the settlement proceeds.
For more information on this case, click here: http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2013/July/13-civ-757.html