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PARIS, Jan. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

TLScontact [https://www.tlscontact.com/], a global visa and consular services

specialist and part of the Teleperformance Group [https://www.teleperformance.com],

in partnership with PAE [https://www.pae.com/], a global leader in delivering smart

solutions to the U.S. government and its allies, has been awarded a place on a U.S. State

Department contract with a potential value of up to $3.3 Billion USD over ten years.

The U.S. State Department's Global Support Strategy 2.0 Indefinite Delivery,

Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle covers the provision of support

services for U.S. consular operations around the world. The IDIQ, which will

run for a ten-year period starting from 2020, has a maximum value of $3.3. billion USD.

In partnership with PAE, TLScontact will compete for task orders awarded

through the IDIQ, to deliver overseas consular support services in 120

countries. Eighteen task orders will be awarded in total, for the provision of

information services, application and appointment services, fee collection,

document delivery, queue management, staffing and off-site data collection to

175 U.S. consular sections around the world.

TLScontact has extensive experience in the visa sector, having processed

millions of visas each year on behalf of major governments around the world

since it was founded over a decade ago.

Commenting on the announcement, Simon Grant, CEO of TLScontact, said:

"We are delighted with this decision. We look forward to supporting the United

States government in delivering world-class services to U.S. visa applicants,

drawing on our extensive experience in the visa sector and focus on delivering

exceptional customer experience."

About TLScontact

TLScontact [https://www.tlscontact.com/] works with governments from around the

world to provide visa and consular services on their behalf to travellers and

citizens. Present in 90 countries, TLScontact operates 150 visa application

centres and handles over 4 million visa applications every year. TLScontact is

part of Teleperformance Group [https://www.teleperformance.com], the global

leader in customer experience management.

About PAE

For 65 years, PAE has tackled the world's toughest challenges to deliver agile

and steadfast solutions to the U.S. government and its allies. With a global

workforce of about 20,000 on all seven continents and in approximately 60

countries, PAE delivers a broad range of operational support services to meet

the critical needs of our clients. Our headquarters is in Falls Church,

Virginia. Find us online at https://www.pae.com, on Facebook

[https://www.facebook.com/PAECompany/], Twitter

[https://twitter.com/PAE_Company] and LinkedIn

[https://www.linkedin.com/company/pae/].

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