Joint Spectrum Center gets some IT help
The Defense Department will receive IT services for its Joint Spectrum Center from Alion Science and Technology Corp.
Under the one-year, $1.4 million subcontract, Alion of McLean, Va., will maintain the center’s management databases that support the Defense Department’s wireless-frequencies management operations worldwide. The company also will provide a range of information assurance and network operations support services for the center.
The prime contractor is Pragmatics Inc., also of McLean, Va., a privately owned company that provides IT services to federal military and civilian agencies.
The subcontract supports a task order under the Defense Systems Agency’s Next Generation Engineering Contract awarded in April 2005. Alion has provided similar services to the Joint Spectrum Center under a different contract for many years.
The center is the Defense Department’s research hub for use of electromagnetic spectrum for national security and military objectives. —Roseanne Gerin
GSA extends its Networx deadlines again
The General Services Administration is granting another one-month extension on the due dates for industry responses to its 10-year, $20 billion Networx telecommunications and data contract, an agency spokeswoman said earlier this month.
The deadlines are now Oct. 5 for the Universal portion of Networx and Oct. 7 for the Enterprise portion, said Mary Alice Johnson, a GSA spokeswoman.
“In response to requests from potential industry offerers for more time to submit proposals, we have granted an extension of one month,” she said.
In June, GSA decided to push back the original deadline of Aug. 3 for Universal and Aug. 5 for Enterprise by 30 days, to Sept. 6 and Sept. 8, respectively.
Networx Universal will provide government locations with a wide range of telecom services nationwide, while Enterprise will offer specialized Internet protocol and wireless services in specific geographical areas. GSA will issue multiple awards for both in April 2006. —Roseanne Gerin
Education hires help for data exchange
The Education Department has awarded Perot Systems Corp. of Plano, Texas, a contract potentially worth $20 million to operate, maintain and enhance the department’s Data Exchange Network, the company announced earlier this month. The three-month contract has four one-year options.
Under the contract, Perot Systems’ government services subsidiary will provide support for ongoing data definition, acquisition, usage, quality and infrastructure. The company also will provide support for knowledge management, information technology platform infrastructure and capacity building.
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