2006’s Top 100 DHS Contractors

America’s “Department of Homeland Security” has grown significantly in the wake of 9/11, and contracting growth has accompanied this trend. While the organization scrambles to hire experienced procurement staff, it must still manage the programs given to it by Congress, internal constituencies – and, of course, Mother Nature. 2006 was a busy year, and Government Security News has a list of the Top 100 DHS contractors of 2006. Here’ are the top 10:

# Fluor ($1.5 billion). One of the world’s largest engineering and construction companies.
# Shaw Environmental ($852.2 million). Includes environmental and infrastructure services, and also building protection & security services.
# Bechtel National, Inc. ($471.2 million). Engineering, construction, and project management.
# C2HM Hill Constructors, Inc. ($436.5 million). Full service engineering, consulting, construction and operations management.
# IBM ($413.3 million. I.T. systems and consulting.
# Unisys Corp. ($362.8 million). I.T. systems, also a top RFID vendor
# Integrated Coast Guard Systems ($325.6 million). The Lockheed/ Northrop-Grumman partnership responsible for the Coast Guard’s troubled Deepwater program.
# American Red Cross ($285 million). Often mobilized in the wake of diasters; also involved in emergency preparedness.
# L-3 Communications ($270.6 million). Surveillance and reconnaissance systems, satellites, and secure communications. Also involved in the CAPS2 project to protect passenger jets against missiles.
# JHM Research and Development ($250.2 million) Facilities management, records management, document conversion, and I.T.

As an equally interesting project, look at the bottom 10 (90-100) and note how many have been acquired. It’s the nature of the industry.

$7.1M for Propper Iraqi Uniforms

US Army (L) & Iraqi soldier

Propper International, Inc. in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico won a maximum $7.1 million contract for battle dress uniform coats and trousers for Iraqi Security Forces. The contract will end on Aug. 4, 2007. Propper will use production facilities in Mayaguez, Last Marias, Cabo Rojo, Adjuntas, Lajas, South Lajas, Sabana Grande, and Ciales in Puerto Rico. They are one of the largest manufacturers of uniforms for the U.S Department of Defense, with more than 60 million garments manufactured since 1967 and over 2,000 employees at facilities in the United States, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

The Defense Supply Center in Philadelphia, PA sent out 10 solicitations on the firm fixed cost contract (SPM1C1-07-C-0045) and received 4 bids for the production call. Given that impersonation of Iraqi security forces has been a consistent problem in theater for some time, one hopes some back-end effort has also been put into making this order harder to counterfeit.