The total of the new contract extensions comes to A$112 million (US$83.1 million).

DIMA will extend mainframe and mid-range support for the Border Critical Infrastructure (BCI) and related project work for an additional two years, with an option to extend another two.

The BCI relates to the information and systems used for border protection and national security.

Original contracts with DIMA and the AEC were signed in 1998 as part of the federal government's Cluster 3 outsourcing contracts worth approximately $160 million over three years. In 2002 DIMA extended the contract four years.

CSC provides mainframe services to the AEC and the existing contract has been extended one year with an option to extend another year.