The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate has awarded MITRE Corp. a potential five-year, $516 million contract to continue operating a federally funded research and development center focused on system engineering and development.
DHS first selected MITRE to stand up the Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute (HSSEDI) in March 2009, awarding the non-profit business a five-year $443 million contract. The center provides DHS with advice on concept evolution, development integration, best practices in life-cycle systems engineering and management, and program level technical integration expertise across the enterprise.
DHS looks to the HSSEDI to provide it with an independent viewpoint on programs and initiatives and to provide it with rapid access to technical expertise.
MITRE says on its website that the center’s “systems engineers focus on the entire DHS enterprise and the organization’s many underlying systems and processes” to “Shape programs and align technology to support the operational and mission needs” of the department and its components.
The latest contract will draw on funds from FY ’14 through FY ’19, according to an announcement in the Sept. 25 FedBizOpps.gov.