Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services (HPES), Herndon, Va., is being awarded a $321,689,010 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price, fixed-price award fee contract for the Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN). The single contract award was based on the HPES Combined Enterprise Services and Transport Services proposal. The Department of the Navy operates one of the largest intranets in the world, which is the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI). NGEN is the acquisition approach designed to provide network services originally consolidated in 2000 under NMCI. NMCI currently delivers end-to-end, secure information technology services to more than 400,000 seats and 800,000 users. This contract includes four, one-year options which, if exercised, would bring the evaluated contract cumulative value to $3,454,735,513. Work will be performed at nearly 2,500 Navy and Marine Corps locations worldwide, from major bases to single-user sites, and work is expected to be completed in June 2014. If the options are exercised, the work will continue through June 2018. The HPES, NGEN team includes AT&T Government Solutions, Inc., Vienna, Va.; International Business Machines Global Business Services Federal, Bethesda, Md.; Lockheed Martin Services, Inc., Gaithersburg, Md.; and Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., McLean, Va. Fiscal 2013 Operations and Maintenance, Navy, fiscal 2013 Operations and Maintenance, Marine Corps funds, and fiscal 2013 Other Procurement Navy funds in the amount of $140,000,000 are being obligated at the time of award. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This requirement was solicited using full and open competition via the Space and Naval Warfare System Command E-Commerce and the Federal Business Opportunities website, with seven proposals received for specific segments and/or combined segments. The Space and Naval Warfare System Command, San Diego, Calif., is awarding the contract on behalf of its organizational partner, Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems is the contracting activity (N00039-13-D-0013).
Posted on: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 22:44:56 +0000