Air Force names 12 winners of NetCent-2 awards

The Air Force has awarded 12 companies a spot on the $5.8 billion Network-Centric Solutions-2 System (NetCents-2) contract for computer network operations and infrastructure. The award was the result of a small-business competition in which 29 offers were received through the Federal Business Opportunities website.

The companies are:

• Centech Group Inc.
• Epsilon Systems Solutions Inc.
• Smartronix Inc.
• SMS Data Products Group Inc.
• Indus Corp.
• Technica Corp.
• Telos Corp.
• Sumaria Systems Inc.
• BTAS Inc.
• American Systems Corp
• STG, Inc.
• MicroTechnologies LLC

These companies will be eligible to win individual orders under NetCents-2 – the Air Force’s primary source of netcentric and IT products, services and solutions according to the Air Force.

NetCents-2 is a family of contracts with a ceiling of $24.2 billion and is aimed at supporting communications, information services, solutions and products. The contracts provide solutions for network-centric IT, networking, telephony and security, voice, video and data communications, combat support services, command and control, and intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance.

The use of NetCents-2 contracts is mandatory for Air Force organizations and is also available for Army, Navy, and other Defense Department and federal agencies.

The contract has four 12-month options and runs for three years – each company will receive a minimum guarantee of $2,500 at award.