Vredenburg Wins Multi-Million Dollar Contract to Support Navy's Airborne Mine Countermeasures Program Office.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2002 Vredenburg, a leading provider of professional & technical services and information technology solutions for government and commercial markets, today announced that it has been awarded a significant contract under the Naval Sea Systems Command The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) is the largest of the U.S. Navy's five "systems commands," or materiel organizations. NAVSEA consists of four shipyards, eight "warfare centers" (two undersea and six surface), four major shipbuilding locations and the NAVSEA headquarters, (NAVSEA NAVSEA Naval Sea Systems Command NAVSEA Naval Avionics Support Equipment Appraisal ) SeaPort contract system. The new contract supports the Airborne Mine Countermeasures All methods for preventing or reducing damage or danger from mines. Also called MCM. (AMCM AMCM Airborne Mine Countermeasures AMCM Autoridade Monetaria de Macau (Monetary and Foreign Exchange Authority of Macau, China) AMCM Advanced Missions Cost Model AMCM Air Mission Coordination Meeting AMCM Advanced Mine Countermeasures ) program office within the Navy's Mine and Undersea Warfare Operations conducted to establish battlespace dominance in the underwater environment, which permits friendly forces to accomplish the full range of potential missions and denies an opposing force the effective use of underwater systems and weapons. Program Executive Office. The base year contract is Cost-Plus Fixed-Fee for $4.3 million. The contract also includes four Firm-Fixed Price options for a potential total contract value of $19.6 million. Vredenburg and its team will provide the AMCM program office with a full range of services, including technical, financial management, program management, as well as logistics support. The primary focus is to assist the program office in meeting the cost, schedule, and technical goals of the organic AMCM programs that are in development, and to achieve the highest possible level of readiness for the dedicated systems within existing budgets. "Having supported the Navy's Mine Warfare The strategic, operational, and tactical use of mines and mine countermeasures. Mine warfare is divided into two basic subdivisions: the laying of mines to degrade the enemy's capabilities to wage land, air, and maritime warfare; and the countering of enemy-laid mines to permit friendly Community since 1974, we bring a high level of directly related experience and expertise that gives us a solid understanding of the challenges that the AMCM program office may face in the years ahead," said Chick Baboyian, president of Vredenburg. "We appreciate the Navy's continued confidence in Vredenburg's capabilities and are confident that our proven project management skills will be successful in assisting the AMCM Program Office to realize its goals and objectives." About Vredenburg Vredenburg, headquartered in Reston, Virginia Reston is an internationally known planned community whose goal was to revolutionize post-World War II concepts of land use and residential/corporate development in American suburbia. , is a leading professional & technical services and information technology solutions company of over 300 employees that has supported government and commercial clients since 1968. The Professional & Technical Services business unit provides a wide range of project management and engineering solutions to Department of Defense and Civilian Agencies, including critical infrastructure protection Department of Defense (DOD) program to identify and protect assets critical to the Defense Transportation System. Loss of a critical asset would result in failure to support the mission of a combatant commander. , weapons systems acquisition, and financial and engineering management. The Information Technology business unit of Vredenburg specializes in understanding clients' business processes and determining the most cost-effective integration of state-of-the-art technology via three core competencies: integration services, professional services, and software development, and provides document and content management solutions via the HighView suite of products, including the HighView for Oracle e-Business applications, for effective organization of information, processes, and transactions throughout an enterprise. In addition, Vredenburg offers fully automated Electronic Freedom of Information Act (VeFOIA) applications, Automated Declassification de·clas·si·fy tr.v. de·clas·si·fied, de·clas·si·fy·ing, de·clas·si·fies To remove official security classification from (a document). de·clas Systems (VeCLASS), as well as multi-media Electronic Case File Management Systems (VeCASE) for criminal justice, insurance claims, student registration, and other business processes. For additional information visit the Vredenburg website at www.vredenburg.com. |
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