The company responsible for a large portion of the workings of the Affordable Care Act exchange website has been granted at least five other government contracts since the ill-fated launch of healthcare.gov on Oct. 1.

According to a Fox News story, CGI Federal Inc has signed five contracts with the government since Oct 1 for IT services. The contracts total $7 million.



The company defended the contracts it nabbed in the wake of the trouble-plagued start-up saying, “CGI continues to deliver technology services and support under an existing contract agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office,” according to Linda Odorisio, Vice President of Communications for CGI.

“It is the type work that has contributed to CGI's solid history of delivery and service to its government clients for more than 35 years,” she said.

Healthcare.gov, the website set up for people to shop for insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare as it is commonly known, has been plagued with long wait times, error messages and outages since it was launched on Oct. 1. CGI was one of the main contractors for the exchange.

CGI Federal was paid $290 million for its work creating the website.

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