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NCI Gets $27.1M Army Contract

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NCI, a provider of information technology (IT) and professional services and solutions to U.S. Federal Government agencies, was awarded multiple task orders valued at a total of $27.1 million in support of the Total Engineering and Information Systems (TEIS) III contract supporting the U.S. Army Information Systems Engineering Command (USAISEC).

These task order awards represent both new and follow-on work for NCI and have periods of performance of up to two years.

NCI will provide Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC)-like support (e.g., survey, design, install, test) for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence/Information Technology (C4I/IT) relocation tasks as well as Engineer, Furnish, Install, and Test (EFIT) capabilities to local area network (LAN) and wireless LAN.

Department of Defense (DoD) customers supported through these awards include the Special Operations Command South (SOCSOUTH), the Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM), Military Health System (MHS) Cyber-infrastructure Services (MCiS), and the Military Construction Army (MCA) and Sustainment Repair/Maintenance (SRM) program.

[Image courtesy: NCI]

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