CBP Awards InfoPro $46M for Border Enforcement and Management Systems
InfoPro, Inc., has won a one-year, $45.9 million bridge contract from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue to provide information technology support for the Border Enforcement and Management Systems (BEMS) effort. InfoPro won a $57.2 million contract from CBP in Feb. 2010 for BEMS. Under the bridge award, Northern Virginia-based InfoPro will continue to provide support services until Sept. 29, 2014. The BEMS program is being recompeted and CBP needs to continue to support the current contract as well as a transition period under the new contract regardless of who wins. Services under the bridge contract include technical and management in support of the full life-cycle in planning, development, deployment, operations and maintenance of systems.
NCI, CACI Get Prime Contracts on DHS EACLE II Vehicle
CACI International [CACI] and NCI, Inc. [NCIT] say they have each been awarded a prime contract on the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) multi-billion dollar EAGLE II contract vehicle. The companies are two of 15 awardees selected under Functional Category 1-Service Delivery in the unrestricted track as a large business. The EAGLE II contract has a five-year base period and one two-year option. The FC1 portion of the contract provides a full range of services and products for developing, implementing and maintaining technology to support DHS’ mission and business functions.
DHS Awards Thermopylae Potential $98M for Geospatial Services
Geospatial services provider Thermopylae Sciences & Technology says it is one of four companies that has been awarded a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Blanket Purchase Agreement potentially worth $98 million for Geospatial Technical Support Services. The award has a one-year base period and four one-year options. Thermopylae will provide information technology support to geospatial programs across DHS. The award is the first for Thermopylae with DHS.
Exponent Team for NSTIC Grant Includes HID, Gemalto
Exponent, Inc. [EXPO], which won a $1.6 million grant in September under the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) program, says its teammates include Gemalto and HID Global. Under the grant, the NSTIC Key Team consortium will issue secure, easy-to-use privacy enhancing credentials to help secure applications at the Defense Department, a healthcare facility, and a leading social media company through pilot projects. More specifically, the pilot projects will be focused on enabling mobile phones and secure wearable devices such as rings or bracelets to be used like smart cards to secure applications and networks. In government applications the mobile devices will require the ability to produce and store a token associated with a previously used government credential in the device’s secure element, so as not to leverage the previous face-to-face identity proofing process. Exponent is the prime contractor and is responsible for program management, engineering consulting and interoperability testing and evaluation. Gemalto will provide smart and secure credentials. HID will contribute its expertise in mobile and wearable device authentication, credential provisioning, and client middleware. The consortium will engage information services company Experian Corp. for its cyber security expertise.
TSA Awards Leidos $9M to Support EDS Systems
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has awarded Leidos [LDOS] a potential $9 million contract to provide services and support for the company’s Reduced-Size Explosive Detection Systems (EDS) that have been purchased and deployed by the agency in certain airports in the U.S. The Leidos RS-EDS system is the CT-80.