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Lockheed Martin [LMT] prevailed over SAIC [SAI] for a $4.6 billion Defense Department contract to operate its Global Information Grid networks and related services.
The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) includes a mix of firm-fixed-price, fixed-price with incentive, cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus and fixed-fee pricing plans. The contract is also to sustain the existing network and subsequent technology enhancement. The $4.6 billion award is the contract ceiling over a possible seven-year period.
DISA spokeswoman Tracey Sharpe said in an email SAIC was debriefed Friday.
SAIC was the incumbent on the program, a company spokeswoman confirmed.
“While we are disappointed in Friday’s announcement, we value the strategic partnership we have with DISA and are proud of SAIC’s performance record with the agency,” SAIC spokeswoman Melissa Koskovich said in an email. “We are still reviewing the information provided to us and are awaiting further discussions. We will continue to serve this customer in an exemplary manner. Our first concern is maintaining the continuity of operations and providing critical global operations support to this key defense customer.”
Koskovich said she didn’t know at the time if the company was planning to protest the decision.
The contract is good for a base period of three years, from July 9, 2012, through July 8, 2015, and includes two two-year option periods.
DISA said the Global Information Grid (GIG) is the “globally interconnected, end-to-end set of information capabilities, associated processes and personnel for collecting, processing, storing, disseminating and managing information on demand to warfighters, policy makers and support personnel.”