GBS to support Navy's Machinery Information Technology and Testing
Virginia Beach, VA – September 30, 2009 – The GBS Group, an engineering consulting and technical services firm, today announced the award of a prime contract with the US Navy worth more than $13M for machinery information technology and testing. The GBS Group will provide engineering and information technology support services to the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division - Ship Systems Engineering Station (NSWCCD-SSES) in Philadelphia, PA. NSWCCD-SSES is the Navy's principal test and evaluation Station and In-Service Engineering Agent for Hull, Mechanical, and Electrical ship systems.
Through this new contract vehicle The GBS Group, along with teaming partners, will continue to support NSWCCD-SSES technical programs including Data Acquisition Systems, First-in-class testing, Submarine Maintenance Management Information System (SMMIS), Digital Video Surveillance Systems (DVSS), Information Assurance (IA), Total Ship Information Management System (TSIMS), Ship's Force Information Management System (SFIMS), Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), and Root Cause Failure Analysis.
The $13 million contract has a two-year base period with one two-year renewal option. "The GBS Group is excited to continue working with NSWCCD-SSES engineers on significant and important technical projects that benefit the US Navy warfighter. We believe that the success we have had is built on mutual respect and a shared desire to build and maintain great products." said Bob Golden, The GBS Group's Chief Executive Officer.
"Our company has enjoyed strong growth supporting Navy, the transportation industry, missile defense programs, and the energy/offshore industry nationwide," added Bob Golden, Chief Executive Officer. "We strive to work on our customers hardest problems and deliver extraordinary solutions. Our US Navy software and engineering programs are thriving and represent an important element of our overall service offering across several industries."
The GBS Group received its SeaPort-e prime contractor status under the Multiple Award Contract (MAC) program in June 2007. The company partnered with GBS and our team members Northrop Grumman - AMSEC, Q.E.D. Systems, Inc., NDI, General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), SAIC, STI Technologies Inc., VSD LLC, T-Solutions, Inc., and The McHenry Management Group (TMMG) in the successful proposal for this work.
SeaPort-e is an online portal that is the Navy's preferred electronic procurement solution for Navy and Marine Corps programs and Virtual SYSCOM Commands (NAVAIR, NAVSEA, NAVSUP and SPAWAR). SeaPort-e is an integrated contracting approach across a range of engineering, technical, and programmatic professional support services to the Government.
