Harris bags US DHS’ EAGLE II contract

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded Harris a contract to support the agency’s Enterprise Acquisition Gateway for Leading Edge Solutions II (EAGLE II) contract.

Under the seven-year IDIQ contract, which has five base years and two option years, Harris will develop, implement and maintain services and solutions in Functional Category 1 (FC1) – Unrestricted Track, Service Delivery that directly support DHS’s mission and daily business functions.

The FC1 segment of the contract comprises a range of services and products intended for developing, implementing, and maintaining technology to support DHS’s mission and critical business operations.

Harris IT Services president Wayne Lucernoni said: "Harris technology will support DHS’ drive to keep people safe and secure against terrorism and other threats."

The EAGLE II is the next generation programme serving as a vehicle for procuring IT technology support services within a range of operational areas including service delivery, programme support services, and independent test, validation, verification and evaluation.

The services and products involve wide-based IT support services to the US DHS and its component organisations including systems design, development, implementation, and integration; software design and development; and operations and maintenance.

Last year, Harris was awarded a contract to support the DHS’ Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tactical communications networks to provide approximately 15,000 law enforcement officers with round-the-clock technical support.