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$60,679,594

Department of Veterans Affairs·Department of Veterans Affairs

to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

veteransexpiring · 62d· period of performance ends in 62 daysONGOING · MOD OF 2022 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2022-09-12·LATEST ACTION2026-04-27·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_36C10D22N0008_3600_36C10E19D0018_3600
Award description

PENSION OPTIMIZATION INITIATIVE TASK ORDER

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

IBM's multi-year VA pension-system modernization, begun in 2022, receives additional funding through August 2026.

Sub-sectors
va-pension-modernizationit-services-contractbenefits-administration
Why this matters

$60M multi-year pension-system modernization reflects VA's critical reliance on legacy-system upgrades for reliable veteran benefit delivery.

Supply-chain signal

IBM's continued role signals sustained government IT modernization budgets; federal integration and enterprise software subcontractors benefit.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-07. Cost: $0.015314.

Period of performance
Start
2022-09-12
End
2026-08-31
Status
expiring · 62din 62 days
Sources

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