EDS Gets $3.12B for USMC-Navy Intranet Services

Electronic Data Systems Corp. in Herndon, VA received a $3.12 billion modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract (N00024-00-D-6000). It exercises an option for three additional years of Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) services, in particular seat management services across the US Navy and Marine Corps.

The option, which is being exercised subject to the availability of funds, will extend the period of performance of the contract from October 2007 through September 2010. Work will be performed at Navy and Marine Corps installations and bases across the country and in the Far East. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, in San Diego, CA issued the contract.

$12.2M to EDS for Defense Finance Data Management

The USA’s Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) has picked up a fourth year option with Electronic Data Systems Corp. in Herndon, VA. This indefinite delivery contract (MDA210-02-D-0001) has a maximum face value of $12.2 million, and covers production support, hardware/software support and system improvements for electronic data management. This brings the aggregate value of the contract to a maximum of $59.6 million.

Work will be performed at DFAS Columbus, OH; DFAS Indianapolis, IN; DFAS Omaha, NB; and DFAS Charleston, SC. Under this option, work will be performed between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2006. Funding includes nine months of fiscal 2006 dollars and three months of fiscal 2007 dollars, to be issued by task orders. The DFAS Contract Services Directorate in Columbus OH issued the contract (MDA210-02-D-0001).

$8M for EDS to Help Keep Pentagon Communications Survivable

Electronic Data Systems in Herndon, VA received an $8 million modification to a fixed-price-incentive with award fee contract for Implementation of the Command Communications Survivability Program Systems Integration Effort.

The foundation for CCSP was laid in the first days after 9/11…

ENCORE I.T. Contracts Raise Ceiling to $2.5B Until ENCORE II Arrives

Contract modifications for the ENCORE multiple award, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contracts will increase the maximum amount (ceiling) of all orders against these contracts from $2 billion to $2.5 billion. The ENCORE contracts provide I.T. solutions to the Department of Defense and other federal agencies. This increase in ceiling provides continuing support until the ENCORE II suite of contracts are awarded (estimated Q2 FY06).

The ENCORE contracts were awarded competitively in March 2002 to:

Report on Large Firms Scooping Small Business Contracts to be Released

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has ordered the U.S. Small Business Administration (USSBA) to release to the American Small Business League (ASBL) a draft report on the awarding of government contracts. The SBA report describes how large companies are improperly winning contracts in the Federal government’s $60-plus billion small business contracting program.

The Small Business Act of 1953 directs that at least 23% of federal government prime contracts go to small business, but a host of abuses and loopholes have allowed large companies to pick up contracts in this category. The SBA released an edited version of the report on December 28, 2004, acknowledging that small business contracts had gone to such “small businesses” as Raytheon Co., BAE Systems, Northrop Grumann Corp., Carlyle Group, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., and Buhrmann NV.

UK MoD Begins $8-11B Communications Overhaul

Under the terms of an $8-11 billion deal, a consortium led by EDS will consolidate the U.K. Ministry of Defence’s existing information networks into a single infrastructure under the Defence Information Infrastructure (Future) plan. The strategic goal is to facilitate communication between military headquarters, battlefield support and front-line operations by linking roughly 150,000 desktop computers and 340,000 individuals in some 2,000 locations. The budget for all three stages is GBP 4 billion (USD $7.6 billion), and add-on work could total another USD $3 billion…