Air Force gives 20 companies a spot on $7.9B NetCents 2 contract
The businesses will compete for work in network operations and infrastructure solutions.
The Air Force has awarded 20 companies a spot on its latest NetCents 2 contract, this one a $7.9 billion deal for network operations and infrastructure solutions over the next three years.
The companies will compete for orders under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for a range of services in support of the Air Force’s infrastructure, networks, systems, and operations.
NetCents 2—officially Network-Centric Solutions 2—is $24.2 billion family of contracts covering five technology areas, and is a mandatory purchasing vehicle for Air Force organizations. In April, the Air Force awarded the $5.8 billion small-business portion of its NetOps and infrastructure contract to 17 companies, following protests of its original award to 12 companies in March 2014.
For the large-company portion of the contract, 21 companies submitted bids, the Air Force said; only one was left out.
The 20 companies eligibly for work under the deal are:
- AT&T Government Solutions
- BAE Systems Information Solutions
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- Computer Sciences Corp.
- Federal Network Systems
- General Dynamics Information Technology
- Harris IT Services
- HP Enterprise Services
- IBM U.S. Federal
- LGS Innovations
- Lockheed Martin
- L-3 National Security Solutions
- NCI Information Systems
- Northrop Grumman Systems
- NextiraOne Federal (as Black Box Network Services)
- Raytheon
- Science Applications International Corp.
- SRA International
- Telos
- URS Federal Services
In addition to NetOps and infrastructure, the other areas covered by NetCents are applications services, enterprise integration and service management, and information technology professional services.