Wang is Awarded $24 million Air Force Minicomputer Multi-User System Maintenance (AMMUS/M) Contract; Wang will provide computer hardware and system software maintenance for Air Force Programs under AMMUS/M contract.BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 9, 1995--Wang (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :WANG) announced today that the Air Force Standard Systems Center at Maxwell Air Force Base Coordinates: “Maxwell Field” redirects here. For other uses, see Maxwell Field (disambiguation). Maxwell Air Force Base (IATA: MXF, ICAO: KMXF, FAA LID: MXF), officially known as , Montgomery, Alabama has awarded the company a contract with a potential maximum value of $24 million over the life of the contract. Under the contract, Wang will provide core hardware and software maintenance support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services for over 100 Air Force bases and other Department of Defense installations worldwide, including preventative and remedial maintenance support, diagnostics, worldwide on-line assistance, help-desk support, parts replacement, and relocation services for the users of the Air Force's four major information management systems. The four information management systems include the following: o Work Information Management Systems (WIMS WIMS Work Information Management System WIMS Web Interactive Multipurpose Server WIMS Women in Military Service WIMS Web-based Information Management System WIMS Winfrith Improved Multigroup Reactor (code) ) - Civil engineering and safety management. o Service Information Management Systems (SIMS) - Hotel and food service management. o Base Contracting Automated System (BCAS BCAS Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (Dhaka) BCAS British Columbia Ambulance Service BCAS British Compressed Air Society (UK) BCAS Bucks County Audubon Society (Pennsylvania) ) - Automated purchasing. o Distributed Processing for Contractual Input (DPCI DPCI Derwent Patents Citation Index DPCI Database Publishing Consultants Inc. DPCI Delaware Physicians Care, Inc. DPCI Department Class Item DPCI Dual Pci DPCI Data Prefetch Core Interface ) - Contract writing and tracking. The Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ IDIQ Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (contracting/procurement) ) AMMUS/M contract covers the base year plus five option years starting in October 1995. "We are pleased to have been awarded the AMMUS/M contract," said Ronald E. Cuneo, president of Wang Federal. "This demonstrates once again that Wang's service offerings provide exceptional value in a very competitive market place," added Cuneo. "The Air Force demands that its computer systems operate at the maximum efficiency at all times. Through our worldwide service organization we can ensure that the AMMUS AMMUS Air Force Minicomputer Multiuser System computers and information management systems consistently operate at maximum utilization." Wang Federal, headquartered in McLean, Va., is the Wang business unit dedicated to meeting the software and service needs of the U.S. government and its contractors. Wang is a recognized worldwide leader in enterprise work management solutions that incorporate workflow, integrated imaging, document management and related software for client/server open systems, and a major worldwide provider of integration and support services for software and networks. Wang's products and services enable customers to realize major improvements in productivity, quality and responsiveness by the definition, automation, management and measurement of critical business processes. Wang is one of the industry's largest independent service organizations. The worldwide Service Business provides network integration and support services, warranty and maintenance services, help-desk support, and other value-added services for more than 4,000 products from 350 equipment and software manufacturers. Headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts, it has offices and distributorships in more than 130 countries and more than 5,000 technical support professionals answering more than ten million service and support calls a year. CONTACT: Ed Pignone Loretta Day Wang (Billerica, MA) Wang Federal (McLean,VA) (508) 967-4912 (703) 827-3405 KEYOWRD: MASSACHUSETTS VIRGINIA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMED COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS AEROSPACE/DEFENSE REPEATS: New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of 212-575-8822 or 800-221-2462; Boston 617-236-4266 or 80 |
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