General Dynamics [GD] Information Technology yesterday said it has been awarded a potential five-year $178 million task order if all options are exercised to provide enterprise communication services under the Defense Intelligence Agency’s (DIA) Solutions for the Information Technology Enterprise (SITE) contract.
Through the contract, General Dynamics will support enterprise data, voice and video communications services across the information technology life-cycle, which includes strategy, design, transition, operations and maintenance.
Additionally, the company will provide terrestrial, wireless and satellite communications support on the joint worldwide intelligence communications system (JWICS), secret internet protocol router network (SIPRnet), non-classified internet protocol router network (NIPRnet) and other coalition networks.
“General Dynamics has supported the Defense Intelligence Agency for more than 40 years and will ensure a seamless transition plan with no disruptions to the current mission critical services DIA performs,” said Thomas Kirchmaier, senior vice president and general manager of General Dynamics Information Technology’s Intelligence Solutions Division. “Our high-caliber support will continue on this contract while we work to identify efficiencies and improve effectiveness to reduce costs and modernize the enterprise.”
General Dynamics will support DIA’s worldwide operations with work done in the Washington, D.C., area; Colorado Springs, Colo.; Tampa and Miami, Fla.; Honolulu, Hawaii; Stuttgart, Germany; Molesworth, U.K.; South Korea and other global locations.
Ron Ehrenfeld, vice president and general manager of General Dynamics Information Technology’s Intelligence Solutions Division Defense Agencies Sector, said, “This contract award enables General Dynamics to continue providing exceptional service to the DIA’s Directorate for Information Management’s critical enterprise communications architecture.”
DIA is a combat support agency, a major producer and manager of foreign military intelligence. It provides military intelligence to warfighters, defense policymakers and force planners, in the DoD and the intelligence community, in support of U.S. military planning and operations and weapon systems acquisition.
General Dynamics was selected in May 2010 by the Defense Intelligence Agency for the SITE contract, with a potential value of nearly $7 billion over five years to all awardees if all options are exercised. The contract allows 11 companies, large and small, to bid for task orders. Among the larger companies: BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin [LMT], Northrop Grumman [NOC], SAIC [SAI] and SRA International.