General Dynamics to Partner with NCI Information Systems on Army IT Enterprise Solutions Contract
NEEDHAM, Mass. – General Dynamics Network Systems will provide information technology (IT) support to the U.S. Army’s enterprise infrastructure as a member of the NCI Information Systems, Inc. team that was recently awarded the Army’s Information Technology Enterprise Solutions (ITES) contract. General Dynamics Network Systems is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).
ITES is an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract comprising a three-year base period (including 60-day phase-in) and two, two-year option periods. It is designed to support the Army in achieving its enterprise infrastructure and infostructure goals with state-of-the-art, information technology equipment and IT services.
Under ITES, General Dynamics will support enterprise IT policy and planning, enterprise integration and consolidation, information and knowledge, engineering, business process reengineering and integrated solutions management.
The award, which falls under Functional Area Two of the Enterprise Mission Support Services Solutions contract, has a value ceiling of $500 million dollars. The contract is sponsored by the Army Small Computer Program (ASCP) and was awarded by Army Contracting Agency ITEC4 (Information Technology, E-Commerce, and Commercial Contracting Center).
“We are pleased to be supporting NCI on this new program,” said Dan Allen, vice president and general manager responsible for this contract at General Dynamics. “ITES continues our support to the overall Army Enterprise transformation efforts.”
For this contract, NCI has assembled an award winning team of subcontractors that, according to David E. Gardner, NCI's Senior Vice President of Corporate Sales and Marketing, “will be able to provide a full spectrum of value-added solutions to support the Army, transformation, network centric and enterprise integration initiatives anywhere in the world."
General Dynamics Network Systems has been designing and building complex telecommunications networks for nearly 50 years. More than 5,800 skilled technical personnel provide design, integration, installation and support services for enterprise, wireless and space-based networks. More information about General Dynamics Network Systems is available at www.gd-ns.com.
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, employs approximately 66,900 people worldwide and anticipates 2003 revenues of $16.1 billion. The company has leading market positions in mission-critical information systems and technologies, land and amphibious combat systems, shipbuilding and marine systems, and business aviation.
Founded in 1989, NCI Information Systems, Inc. is one of the fastest growing IT organizations in the U.S. and is considered the "partner of choice" by government customers and systems integrators. NCI's award-winning expertise encompasses areas critical to its customers including enterprise services, security, systems development and integration, information management, and engineering and technical services.
# # #
Any "forward-looking statements" contained in this press release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
General Dynamics Corporation (ticker: GD, exchange: NYSE)
News Release - Monday, December 15, 2003
Press Contact: (781) 455-2286
|
NEWSLETTER
|
| Join the GlobalSecurity.org mailing list |
|
|
|
