SAIC Awarded Defense Threat Reduction Agency Contract

Science Applications International Corporation SAIC) has won a contract from the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) to work on the Integrated Weapons of Mass Destruction Toolset (IWMDT) Phase II.

The multiple-award cost-plus-fixed-fee contract has a three-year base period with an optional five-year total period of performance. If all options are exercised, it will have a total value of $53.9 million.

Through this contract SAIC will move validated DTRA modeling and simulation chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) tools to a Web portal, develop a laptop capability and provide a common CBRNE information systems architecture. This will allow users to rapidly access CBRNE planning, emergency response and assessment capabilities.

"SAIC and our team remain 100 percent committed to supporting the DTRA mission and enhancing their capabilities for agile, collaborative planning," said Deborah James, SAIC senior vice president and general manager of the Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology Business Unit.

Under the contract, SAIC will expand upon the work it completed in Phase I as the lead systems integrator.

SAIC is a leading provider of scientific, engineering, systems integration and technical services and solutions to all branches of the U.S. military, agencies of the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other U.S. Government civil agencies, as well as to customers in selected commercial markets.