Army awards $209M in contracts to support intelligence command

The Army has tapped four companies to vie for work under a $209 million support deal for its Intelligence and Security Command.

The command at Fort Belvoir, Va., collects intelligence information and analyzes it for trends and patterns, and works with other military branches to support joint operations.

The companies will compete for work in numerous categories under five-year, Rapid Labor Service Support Requirement contracts. The four vendors are:

*Intelligence Enterprise Joint Venture of Chantilly, Va., which combines ManTech International Corp. of Fairfax, Va., and EWA Land Information Group of Herndon, Va.

*L-3 Communications Corp. of New York

*Science Applications International Corp. of San Diego

*Sytex Inc. of Doylestown, Pa.

Some of the work will include management support, technical assistance and systems engineering. The four vendors will also compete to provide systems, network and software support for the Defense Department Intelligence Information System Integration and Engineering Support project.