Five win seats on $850M counter-WMD program
Members of the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces Rescue and Relief Unit take part in a biochemical simulation organized by the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency as part of the "African Lion" military exercise in June 2021. Gettyimages.com/ FADEL SENNA / Contributor
By
Ross Wilkers
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency is acquiring services for training and mission rehearsal through the contract.
Five companies have won positions on a potential $850 million contract for broad professional services to help the Defense Threat Reduction Agency carry out projects and programs for countering weapons of mass destruction.
DTRA received 12 proposals for the Assessments, Exercises, and Modeling and Simulation Support vehicle that covers work over a five-year base period and up to five individual option years.
Awardees will compete for task orders that may be for a duration of one year past the last ordering date of the vehicle, the Pentagon said in its Monday awards digest.
Winners are:
- Advanced Research Associates
- Black & Veatch
- Cherokee Nation Strategic Programs
- Parsons
- Valiant Integrated Services
Contractors will be responsible for training, mission rehearsal and countermeasures assessments designed to counter WMDs and help boost defenses against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense.
Other work areas called out in the solicitation documents include cyber vulnerability analysis, integration of response procedures with physical security systems, assistance of allied countries and applied science research projects.