Company to Provide Sustainment and Operational Support to the Defense Security Service
Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) today announced it has been awarded a task order by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) for the Defense Security Service (DSS) to provide sustainment and operational support of legacy applications. The task order has a one year base period of performance, two one-year options and a contract value of more than $28 million if all options are exercised. The task order was awarded under the Applications 'N Support for Widely-diverse End-user Requirements (ANSWER) contract. SAIC's work for this task order will be performed primarily in Columbia, Md.DSS, an agency of the Department of Defense, provides the military services, defense agencies, 23 federal agencies, and cleared contractor facilities with security support services. Under the task order, SAIC will provide services to support three agency programs including the Defense Central Index of Investigations, which is an automated central index of investigations conducted by Department of Defense investigative agencies. SAIC will also support the Industrial Security Facilities Database, which maintains facility clearance information, and the Improved Investigative Records Repository, which is a repository of legacy personnel security investigative records. SAIC will provide support services including change, problem, performance and capacity management, sustainment engineering and system health analysis. SAIC will also analyze and recommend potential solutions to improve system performance. We look forward to building on our 9 year relationship with DSS by providing quality services that help accomplish their mission of supporting national security and the warfighter, helping to secure the nation's technological base, and overseeing the protection of classified information in the hands of industry, said Larry Cox, SAIC senior vice president and business unit general manager. |
