Booz Allen gets smart with $114M intelligent transportation contract
IT services go to unit that works with Federal Highway Administration
- By David Hubler
- Mar 01, 2011
Booz Allen Hamilton will help the Federal Highway Administration enhance intelligent transportation systems under a five-year, $114 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract.
Intelligent transportation systems allow vehicles, infrastructure and passengers’ personal communications devices to communicate with one another, according to a Feb. 28 company announcement.
The IDIQ award will support the highway administration’s Research and Innovation Technology Administration Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office.
The office is charged with building a national, multi-modal surface transportation system featuring a connected communications environment.
Under the terms of the contract, Booz Allen will supply a broad range of technical support services to the ITS Joint Program Office that could include project planning, modeling, and simulation activities.
Other services include technical project management; systems engineering and integration; business model development; technology recommendations; scope of work development; procurement, deployment, and integration support; and program evaluation.
Booz Allen has a strong history of supporting Transportation Department initiatives that include vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications, the Federal Aviation Administration's NextGen, high-speed rail and positive train control.
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., of Mclean, Va., ranks No. 9 on Washington Technology’s 2010 Top 100 list of the largest federal government contractors.
About the Author
David Hubler is the former print managing editor for GCN and senior editor for Washington Technology. He is freelance writer living in Annandale, Va.