A settlement has been reached in a whistleblower class action lawsuit brought against Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) who is accused of submitting claims under a contract with the General Services Administration (GSA) that it knew had been awarded in violation of federal procurement regulations.
The whistleblower's portion of the government recovery is $977,500.
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.
