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Contract Award: Trace Systems Inc. Vienna Virginia was awarded a competitive single award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide communications systems acquisition (integration, installation) – $600,000,000.

Trace Systems Inc., Vienna, Virginia, was awarded a competitive, single award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide communications systems acquisition, integration, installation, and operations and maintenance in support of U.S. Air Forces Central Command (USAFCENT) deployed mission requirements. The not-to-exceed/ceiling value of the contract is $600,000,000.  The minimum guarantee will be funded by fiscal 2021 operation and maintenance funds. Primary performance will be at USAFCENT locations throughout Southwest Asia.  The solicitation (HC1028-19-R-0009) was issued as a full and open competitive action via Beta.Sam.Gov, and seven proposals were received.  The ordering period consists of a one-year base period (Sept. 20, 2021, through Sept. 19, 2022) with four one-year option periods for a total contract life cycle of five years (Sept. 20, 2021, through Sept. 19, 2026).  The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, is the contracting activity (HC1028-21-D-0002).



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