In January 2012, US Army Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO-EIS) issued 9 firm-fixed-price contracts, worth up to $249.8 million total over 5 years, for Enterprise Cloud Computing services. Cloud computing is a about providing computing applications and management as a service, rather than installing it as machine-specific software. Apple’s iCloud is one well-known example, and Google’s Gmail would be another, but cloud computing can encompass more than just 1 application. It’s connected to the phenomenon of virtualization, which improves back-end efficiency in data centers, but the 2 trends can exist independent of one another. The 7 contract winners are:
* Criterion Systems, Inc. in Vienna, VA (W91QUZ-12-D-0009)
* General Dynamics One Source, LLC in Fairfax, VA (W91QUZ-12-D-0004, W91QUZ-12-D-0006)
* HP Enterprise Services, LLC in Herndon, VA (W91QUZ-12-D-0007, W91QUZ-12-D-00013)
* IBM Corp. in Bethesda, MD (W91QUZ-12-D-0002)
* Lockheed Martin Corp. in Manassas, VA (W91QUZ-12-D-0001)
* MicroTech, LLC in Vienna, VA (W91QUZ-12-D-0008)
* Northrop Grumman in Herndon, VA (W91QUZ-12-D-0005)
Both work location will be determined with each task order, which each of these winners will be able to bid on. The contract will run until Dec 29/16. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 11 bids received by US Army Contracting Command in Alexandria, VA.