Geocent awarded $83M C2 pact

Geocent of Metairie, La., is awarded a $83,338,808 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee, multiple-award contract to provide command and control (C2) technologies and capabilities in the areas of innovative science and technology research, systems engineering, architecture, design, development, integration, testing, configuration management, quality assurance, and implementation and support of C2 net-centric military operations. This is one of six contracts awarded. All awardees will have the opportunity to compete for task orders during the ordering period. This two-year contract includes four, two-year options which, if exercised, would bring the overall, cumulative value of this contract to an estimated $93,030,165. All work will be performed in San Diego, and is expected to be completed May 6, 2021. If the options are exercised, the period of performance would extend through May 6, 2029. A guarantee of $10,000 using FY 2019 Navy working capital funds will be obligated at the time of award. Funds will be obligated as task orders are issued using Navy research, development, test and evaluation; Navy operations and maintenance; other Navy procurement; Navy shipbuilding construction; and Navy working capital funds. This contract was competitively procured via a request for proposal (N66001-18-R-0002) and publication on the Federal Business Opportunities website and the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command e-Commerce Central website. Fourteen offers were received and six were selected. Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific of San Diego is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD 05/07/19) The doctrine of network-centric warfare for the U.S. armed forces draws its highest level of guidance from the concept of "team warfare,” meaning the integration and synchronization of all appropriate capabilities across the various services as part of the principle of joint warfare.