U.S. Army Contracting Command awards $900 million contract to SAIC

The U.S. Army Contracting Command announced on Feb. 25 that it had awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) to provide logistics support services to the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD).

The multiple award contract runs for three years and features an additional three year option. iIf all options are exercised, the contract has a total contract value of $900 million for all awardees.

“We are proud to continue our support to the JPEO-CBD by bringing our logistics, supply chain, and CBRNE knowledge and experience to provide best-in-class solutions to their joint project managers,” Jim Scanlon, SAIC senior vice president and general manager of the U.S. Army Customer Group, said. “SAIC will partner with the JPEO-CBD to provide affordable logistics support to sustain and meet global force readiness requirements.”

The JPEO-CBD works to provide research and development for the procurement and deployment of biological and chemical detection systems, decontamination platforms, information management tools, collective protection equipment, drugs, vaccines and medical devices in service of U.S. interests across the world.

SAIC provides premier technology, full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence and enterprise information technology markets. It employs approximately 15,000 employees driven by a mission to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. SAIC is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.