SAIC Awarded Blanket Purchase Agreement, $357 Million Task Order to Support Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Operations
--Company to Provide MRAP Joint Logistics Integrator and Operational --Readiness Services
SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va., June 24, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) today announced it has been awarded a prime single award blanket purchase agreement (BPA) by the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) to support the Joint Program Office (JPO), Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicle by providing MRAP Joint Logistics Integrator (JLI) and Operational Readiness Services. The first task order under the BPA has a one-year base period of performance, one twelve-month option, and one six-month option, and is valued at more than $357 million if the options are exercised. Work on the task order will be performed in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait and at locations throughout the U.S. as required.
MRAP vehicles support urban combat operations, multi-mission operations, and mine/IED clearance operations and explosive ordnance disposal. Under the task order, SAIC will provide planning, management, and analytical support to all levels of the MRAP JPO team. SAIC will provide logistics services as well as services in support of JPOs oversight and management of original equipment manufacturers during activities associated with fielding, training, and sustainment operations. Additionally, SAIC will enable JPO MRAP to rapidly perform logistic engineering analysis and provide timely insight into fleet readiness and sustainment.
"SAIC has supported MRAP operations for the past 17 months," said Jim Cuff, SAIC senior vice president and business unit general manager. "As we transition from a subcontractor role to that of the prime contractor, we look forward to continuing our support of the Army and the critical MRAP program as the joint logistics integrator."
SAIC also supports Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Combat Systems, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) programs for the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), providing prototyping, integration and logistics services supporting C5ISR for more than 300 distinct variants of MRAP vehicles.
About SAIC
SAIC is a FORTUNE 500(R) scientific, engineering, and technology applications company that uses its deep domain knowledge to solve problems of vital importance to the nation and the world, in national security, energy and the environment, critical infrastructure, and health. The company's approximately 45,000 employees serve customers in the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, other U.S. Government civil agencies and selected commercial markets. SAIC had annual revenues of $8.9 billion for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2008. For more information, visit www.saic.com.
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Contact: Melissa Koskovich Laura Luke
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