DHS Awards CSC $968M for Data Center 1 Services
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded Computer Sciences Corp. [CSC] a potential four-and-a-half year $967.5 million contract to maintain continuity of services at the DHS Data Center 1 during the department’s transition to the Enterprise Computing Services (ECS) model of data center support. The value of the award to CSC follows a potential five-year $995.9 million contract with Hewlett Packard [HPQ] in May for the same services for the DHS Data Center 2. Data Center 1 is government owned and has been operated by CSC since July 2008. Data Center 2 has been contractor owned and operated by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services since Sept. 2007. The sole source awards to the two incumbent contractors will provide uninterrupted support during the ECS pilot, proof of concept. And prototype period and allow for the eventual up to 24-month transition to a competitively awarded ECS solution, DHS says.
Implant Wins Additional ETD Orders in Austria, Belgium
Implant Sciences [IMSC] say it as received follow-on orders from airports in Austria and Belgium for its QS-B220 desktop explosives trace detectors (ETD) as part of European Civil Aviation Conference requirements for aviation screening of passengers and baggage at checkpoints. For airports in Austria, Implant received a follow-on order for 16 ETDs after airports earlier this year bought and deployed 22 of the company’s systems. Airports in Belgium have ordered 13 more QS-B220s after initially purchasing and deploying 33 of the systems. “Although the date for mandatory implementation of ETD systems in larger European airports has passed, we are continuing to see demand for our QS-B220 in this vertical and region,” says Darryl Jones, executive vice president of Implant. “We do not view the impact of the European Union regulations as driving a single purchasing period from EU airports. Rather, as evidenced by this follow-on order in Belgium, we expect to continue to see demand for our units from these airports and from regional airports in Europe where mandatory ETD screening regulations will take effect in March 2017.”
DoD Awards MorphoTrust $4M for ABIS Software
MorphoTrust USA says that the Defense Department has awarded it a potential $3.5 million contract extension for the company’s MorphoTrust ABIS software platform used to search, process, compare and manage identity data of enrolled individuals. With ABIS, DoD can enroll biometric images including face, finger, palm and iris for near-real time one-to-one and one-to-many identity checks. The award is the third renews option for the company with DoD for its ABIS platform. MorphoTrust USA is part of the Safran Group.
Smiths Detection Nabs $9M for Chem Agent Detector for U.K.
General Dynamics’ [GD] United Kingdom-based business has awarded Smiths Detection a $9.2 million contract to supply chemical agent detectors for the AJAX armored fighting vehicle program. Production of up to 589 vehicles is planned under the U.K. Ministry of Defense with deliveries scheduled to begin in 2017. Smiths Detection will supply its LCD 3.3 detectors, which provide the vehicle crew with early warning of any chemical warfare attack. The contract follows a two-year development effort that included modifying the detector’s special mounting system to meet the particular requirements of the vehicles.