SAIC wins $408m BPA for support services to JIEDDO

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has been awarded a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) by General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM) on behalf of the US Department of Defense (DoD).

SAIC is one of the four awardees and is required to support the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO), Joint Center of Excellence (JCOE) for Counter-IED Integration Training Program.

Valued at $408m, the agreement includes training, experimentation, and the testing of new equipment and concepts; maintaining a deployable capability in the field; facilitate individual, collective and strategic training; and validate and propagate IED defeat.

In addition, the company will help with the development, installation, maintenance, and disposal of training devices used in conjunction with IED-related training classes.

Work under this BPA will be performed domestically as well as globally from 8 to 7 April 2019.

SAIC Army and Air Force Customer Group senior vice-president and general manager John Gully said: "This award provides SAIC the opportunity to continue supporting the Joint Center of Excellence (JCOE) Counter-IED Integration Training Program’s important mission.

"This critical program prepares our forces to overcome IED threats and, as a result, save lives."

JIEDDO’s Joint center of Excellence enables the train-the-force line of operation and develops the training capabilities for the services’ and combatant commanders’ mission of preparing US forces to defeat the IED threat.