Perot, Harvard Pilgrim extend contract

BANGALORE, INDIA: Perot Systems Corporation and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care have extended their IT and business process services contract through 2021.

According to the new 13-year contract worth $1 billion, Harvard Pilgrim will realize approximately $150 million of administrative cost savings over the life of the agreement.

Perot Systems will operate and support Harvard Pilgrim's information technology infrastructure, business applications, and administrative business operations.

"We are committed to helping Harvard Pilgrim to continue building upon their distinguished record of success," said Peter Altabef, president and CEO for Perot Systems.

"Over eight years ago, Harvard Pilgrim turned to Perot Systems because of their reputation for being the leading Healthcare IT service provider. Since that time, we have relied on Perot Systems to help us successfully improve our level of customer service and increase operational efficiencies," said Charles D. Baker, CEO of Harvard Pilgrim.