Up to $681M for ITT to Operate US Military Communications in Asia & Africa
ITT Federal Services International Corp. in Colorado Springs, CO received a $74.4 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract as part of the Total Army Communications — Southwest Asia, Central Asia and Africa (TAC-SWACAA) contract. In this component of the contract, ITT will operate and maintain communications and information systems for U.S. and allied forces under the operational direction of the Network Enterprise Technology Command’s (NETCOM) 160th Signal Brigade. The contract covers one base year with four one-year options, and has a potential value of $681 million when all options are exercised.
To be more specific about this contract…
Work will be performed at 50 locations in six countries within Southwest and Central Asia, and Africa that are partnered with the United States in the global war against terrorism.
Work is expected to be complete by Nov. 30, 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were an unknown number of bids solicited via the World Wide Web on June 13, 2005, and six bids were received. The Information Technology, E-Commerce and Commercial Contracting Center at Fort Huachuca, AZ issued the contract (W91RUS-06-C-0002).
ITT provides, on a worldwide bsis, select government, commercial, and international customers value-added, total systems solutions for turn-key satellite earth terminals, air and missile defense, communications, command and control, spacelift, surveillance and equipment and facility maintenance, which includes service life extension and full logistics life cycle support.
