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2012-06: US Small Business Contracts for Cyber-Security

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In June 2012, US Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic in Charleston, SC issued 14 multiple-award contracts to help secure and defend American military networks and data. These 14 contractors may compete for the task orders under the indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee, performance-based, multiple award umbrella contract, with provisions for fixed-price-incentive and firm-fixed-price orders.

Contract options which could bring their cumulative value to $98.7 million, and extend the timeframe from June 2013 to June 2017. The winning firms were all small business qualifiers under US government rules, and include:

* Advanced C4 Solutions, Inc. in Tampa, Fla. (N65236-12-D-3857)
* ISHPI Information Technologies, Inc. in Mount Pleasant, SC (N65236-12-D-3859)
* Sentek Consulting, Inc., doing business as Sentek Global in San Diego, CA (N65236-12-D-3860)
* ALEX-AS, J.V. in Chantilly, VA (N65236-12-D-3861)
* Strategic Operational Solutions, Inc. in Vienna, VA (N65236-12-D-3862)
* HighAction, LLC in Arlington, VA (N65236-12-D-3863)
* Business Computers Management Consulting Group, LLC in Falls Church, VA (N65236-12-D-3864)
* Imagine One StraCon Venture, LLC in Fort Worth, TX (N65236-12-D-3865)
* WIJET, LLC in Huntsville, AL (N65236-12-D-3866)
* Business Integra Technology Solutions, Inc. in Greenbelt, MD (N65236-12-D-3867)
* Network Security Systems Plus, Inc. in Falls Church, VA (N65236-12-D-3868)
* Dynamic Network Enterprises, Inc. in Stafford, VA (N65236-12-D-3869)
* RLM Communications, Inc. in Spring Lake, NC (N65236-12-D-3870)
* TISTA Science and Technology Corp. in Rockville, MD (N65236-12-D-3871)

These contracts were competitively procured with proposals solicited via FBO.gov, and the SPAWAR E-Commerce Central website, with 16 offers received.