CSC wins Air Force base operations work

Computer Sciences Corp. has won a contract from the Air Force Air Education Training Command to provide base maintenance and operations support services.

Computer Sciences Corp. has won a contract worth up to $307 million from the Air Force Air Education Training Command to provide base maintenance and operations support services, the company announced today. The one-year contract also has nine one-year options.

Under the contract, CSC of El Segundo, Calif., will provide a wide scope of base maintenance and operations support for the 81st Training Wing at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi.

Services will include facilities operation and maintenance; receiving, inventorying and distribution of supplies; fuels management; weather forecasting and reporting; and housing and personnel management.

The final decision on the contract award will be made after a 30-day public review period and administrative appeals process is completed, in accordance with an Office of Management and Budget mandate.

Keesler Air Force Base is responsible for training about 4,700 students each day.

CSC has more than 90,000 employees and annual revenue of $14.3 billion. The company ranks No. 4 on Washington Technology's 2005 Top 100 list, which measures federal prime contracting IT revenue.