Appian distributors win $145M contract from Department of Defense

Appian announced that three Appian partners have been awarded a multiple-award contract for Appian products through the Department of Defense Enterprise Software Initiative. The agreement, valued at an estimated $145.9M, will provide the U.S. Navy with Appian’s commercial off-the-shelf software, hardware, and maintenance support. The multiple-award firm-fixed-price blanket purchase agreements were awarded to Carahsoft Technology Corp., Groundswell, and TD Synnex Public Sector. The $145M agreement will provide the U.S. Navy with Appian’s COTS software, hardware, and maintenance support. The DoD ESI is a program designed to centralize the sourcing and acquisition of IT products and services across the Department of Defense. The BPAs will cover a five-year ordering period, with task orders funded primarily by operations and maintenance allocations.