Huntsville, Ala. – The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville awarded two contract suites, called Electronic Security Systems Five (ESS-V), that share a total capacity of $900 million between two suites, unrestricted awarded Jan. 14 and restricted small business awarded Jan. 7.

Unrestricted suite contracts with a $650 million shared capacity were awarded to BAE Systems of Rockville, Md., InDyne, Inc. of Reston, Va., Johnson Controls Building Automation Systems of Huntsville, Ala., SAIC of McLean, Va., and Sim-G Technologies LLC of Washington D.C. Restricted small business suite contracts with a $250 million shared capacity were awarded to Atlantic CommTech Corporation of Norfolk, Va., Evergreen Fire & Security of Tacoma, Wash., Infotec Systems Corporation of Summerville, S.C., LVW Electronics of Colorado Springs, Colo., SEI Group, Inc. of Huntsville, Ala., and Trofholz Technologies, Inc. of Rocklin,Ca.

These multiple award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity service contract suites were awarded to provide for the procurement and installation of electronic security systems, automated control systems, utility monitoring and control systems and other related electronic systems. Each suite has a period of performance of five years.

This procurement provides capacity to Huntsville Center’s customers through the Electronics Security Systems (ESS) and Utilities Monitoring and Control Systems (UMCS) programs and other program-based efforts. The ESS and UMCS programs are established Centers of Expertise for the Army and the Mandatory Centers of Expertise (MCX) for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects. Both programs provide a extensive range of related services to
the Army and U.S. Government agencies worldwide. These services embrace criteria development, consultation, planning, design, contracting, project management, installation, testing, training and maintenance.

The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, supports specialized missions that require technical expertise in programs that are generally national or very broad in scope. The Center supports tasks not normally accomplished by other U.S. Army Corps of Engineers units; tasks that require a centralized management structure, integrated facilities or systems that cross geographic division boundaries; and tasks that require commonality, standardization, multiple-site adaption or technology transfers.

Contact: James Campbell
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala—Inspectors checking the safety of electrical connectivity at coalition forces facilities throughout Afghanistan are turning their inspections at a brisk pace, enabling quicker repair of systems requiring attention. Two Corps of Engineers project managers are on-site there providing oversight for more than 100 Teng and Associates, Inc., electrical inspection contractors of Task Force Protecting Our Warfighters and Electrical Resources.

The contractors recently inspected more than 5,000 facilities, finding 596 facilities free of electrical issues. Unfortunately – or fortunately depending on how one views the process – inspectors also placed 2,867 inspection findings in a “priority” status and tagged 1,530 facilities as “flash,” a term used to report a life-safety issue. However, according to a TF POWER project manager, the good news is when inspectors note deficiencies, it means the inspectors are doing their jobs well. When you are dealing with a life-health-safety issue, one incident prevented is worthy (of categorizing as “priority” or “flash”),” said Bob Britton, TF POWER project manager at Huntsville Center.

Britton said currently TF POWER deals with several hundred inspections monthly, and when inspectors use “flash” as the term to report a serious deficiency, it prioritizes the necessary fixes needed to ensure the problem is solved immediately. A “priority” notation means a facility is operational, but requires attention as soon as possible. Britton said what constitutes a “flash” deficiency is defined by the U.S. Forces-Afghanistan Electrical Working Group Board.

The board of subject matter experts meets monthly to discuss the status of the program, update progress and resolve any issues. “I believe an electrical deficiency is an accident waiting to happen. It’s an unacceptable accident that can be prevented, and that is what TF POWER is all about,” he said. Britton said he’s amazed at the sheer volume of inspections conducted over time. “In the beginning we were told to inspect 100 sites. This quickly grew to over 300 sites, and thousands of facilities,” Britton said.

The numbers speak for themselves and are 100 percent defendable. It’s impressive to know we are making such an impact on preventing accidents and improving the safety of our facilities.” The inspections with noted deficiencies are now coming at such a rate, making repairs is often challenging due to the volume of deficiencies noted, said Capt. Joel Rivera, TF POWER deputy U.S. Forces-Afghanistan. “There are many facilities with deficiencies, but no one designated to repair (them),” Rivera said. “Therefore TF POWER is responding with another inspect/repair contract through Philadelphia District,” he said.

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