FAIRFAX, Va., 30 Jan. 2009.General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics, won a contract from the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM) to support the Marine Corps Enterprise IT Services (MCEITS) program. The single award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract is valued at $95 million over a five-year period if all options are exercised.
Through the contract, General Dynamics will design, build, and integrate the first MCEITS Enterprise IT Center, which provides application hosting capabilities, enterprise shared services, access to enterprise-wide information, collaboration, and information sharing across business and warfighter domains.
General Dynamics is leading a team that includes Hewlett-Packard, Palo Alto, Calif.; Electronic Data Systems, Plano, Texas; Smartronix, Calif.; and Zenetex, Herndon, Va.
"General Dynamics, working in partnership with MARCORSYSCOM, will provide a world-class Enterprise IT Center to satisfy the requirements for a more efficient, effective, secure and responsive information technology enterprise," says Kenneth Slaght, vice president of the Naval IT Solutions Sector at General Dynamics Information Technology.
