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Contracting and Procurement

Many Fairfax County firms, especially in the information technology sector, receive government contracts to procure goods or perform services. The federal government spends more than $200 billion a year in private sector procurement. Spending by state and local governments pushes that figure even higher. Federal government contracts with Fairfax County companies reached $17 billion in fiscal year 2008 ($12 billion in Department of Defense contracts and $5 billion in contracts with all other federal agencies), up from $13.6 billion in fiscal year 2007.

Opportunities abound in an array of markets including environmental services and products; information technology (IT) and telecom products, services and solutions; laboratory and scientific products and services; law enforcement, fire safety and security; and medical services and products.

Recent Contract Wins for Fairfax County Companies

  • CSC won a $2 billion contract to run the information technology infrastructure for the Transportation Safety Administration.
  • CSC also snared a task order worth up to $85 million from the General Services Administration to develop and teach more than 20 courses including security, law enforcement and counterintelligence at the Maryland-based Defense Cyber Investigations Training Academy.
  • DynCorp International landed a job to support training of combat pilots for NATO. The contract could be worth up to $230 million over seven years.
  • As part of a $955 million contract, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) will compete to provide a range of IT support services to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Environmental Information.
  • Unisys nabbed two contract extensions (worth $42 million together) for outsourcing services and biometric identity systems for the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship
  • Exxon Mobil Fuels Marketing won a contract worth up to $86.8 million to provide fuel to the Indiana-based Defense Energy Support Center.
  • Server and IT appliance developer SteelCloud nabbed a $500,000 professional services contract for BlackBerry-related consulting and the purchase of its SteelWorks appliances.
  • A-T Solutions, a subsidiary of private equity partnership CoVant Technologies, won a nearly $200 million training contract with the Army's bomb squad training program, the Joint Asymmetric Threat Awareness and Counter Improvised Explosive Device Training Program.
  • Five companies with ops in Fairfax County won the right to compete to provide IT services work for the Federal Emergency Management Agency under a contract worth up to $500 million. The companies are BAE Systems, EDS, Perot Systems, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and Unisys.
  • General Dynamics Information Technology, a unit of General Dynamics, snared a deal worth up to $47 million from the Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service to provide operations and maintenance support and manage a help desk.

     

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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Companies in Fairfax County will have the opportunity to compete for projects being done as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 – the stimulus bill. The goal of the stimulus package is to create or retain 3.5 million jobs nationally by 2011. Projects are centered in five main areas: infrastructure (transportation and environment), energy efficiency, education, health and human services, and housing.

For updated information visit these ARRA-related Web sites:

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