PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Big data software solutions and infrastructure provider Sysorex (NASDAQ:SYRX) today announced it has been awarded a subcontract to support Octo Consulting Group, Inc. (Octo) on the $249 million Enterprise Information Technology Services (EITS) Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract in support of the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems (PEO-EIS).
The Army’s PEO-EIS improves, expands and modernizes the Department’s global Command, Control, Communications, Computing and Intelligence (C4I) infrastructure to enable the Department of Defense (DoD) vision for a Joint Information Environment (JIE). As the primary requiring activity within PEO-EIS, the Project Management Office for Installation Information Infrastructure – Communications and Capabilities (PM I3C2) will leverage EITS to execute its mission of providing the warfighter with secure, reliable, survivable, interoperable and standards-based access to data, voice and unified communications.
“In today’s highly competitive federal contracting landscape, Octo has many qualified providers it can choose as partners. We are pleased Octo selected Sysorex to be a member of an exceptional team that will carry out services in a wide range of critical areas to Army PEO-EIS,” said Nadir Ali, CEO of Sysorex. “We are eager to utilize our organization’s unique combination of technical expertise and hands-on experience supporting Army efforts to equip its warfighters with the highest possible quality infrastructure and protect them from immediate and ever-evolving threats.”
Sysorex has supported the Army, as well as other DOD and civilian federal organizations, for more than three decades. Primary functional areas of the Army EITS contract include:
- Business Process Reengineering
- Enterprise Network and Computing Design
- Integrated Logistics Support
- Systems Engineering
- Business Management
- Systems Integration
- Information Assurance
- Budget and Acquisition Support
- Forward Deployed Support
- Data, Information & Knowledge Management
- Public Affairs and General Program Support
The contract has a three-year period of performance, with a 12-month base period and two 12-month option periods.
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