Companies make first Alliant moves.

This article reports on the steps being taken by the companies which received the Alliant contracts, a massive information technology services contract in the U.S. The contract may be worth as much as $50 billion and could span 10 years. A five-year base period was set by the U.S. General Services Administration with one optional five-year extension. Two government-wide acquisition contracts will be replaced by the Alliant contract. These are Millenia and the Applications'N Support for Widely-diverse End-user Requirements contracts. The first order of business at General Dynamics Corp. is ensuring that all of the frontline business and line managers are aware of the contract.