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News Release 04-21-2004
Engineering Services Network, Inc. (Corporate Press Release)

ESN Awarded Contract in Support of Navy Surface and Undersea Warfare Centers for Engineering, Technical, and Programmatic Support Services

Arlington, VA., ESN has been awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) delivery order contract in support of all Navy Surface and Undersea Warfare Centers. This contract vehicle includes a five-year base period and two five-year award term periods and has a contract ceiling value of $45B over the 15 year period.

In 2002, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) promulgated Seapower 21, which provides a framework to align, organize and integrate the U.S. Navy to meet the wide variety of challenges that lie ahead. The CNO called upon the entire Navy, including Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) and the Warfare Centers (WCs), to find ways to become more efficient and effective. To meet Seapower 21 objectives and to increase efficiency, the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) and the Naval Undersea Warfare Centers (NUWC) have aligned to provide seamless integrated support for twelve core Product Area Directorates which are also broken down into 21 functional areas. The product areas are lead by Product Area Directors that notionally are very small planning and oversight offices. The day-to-day project management, planning, staffing and project execution will be provided by the geographically diverse NSWC and NUWC Divisions.

To support the NSWC/NUWC alignment, a solicitation was released to support all the Warfare Centers in 7 different zones (Northeast, National Capital, Mid Atlantic, Gulf Coast, Midwest, Southwest and Northwest) and across the 21 functional areas. The solicitation, known as SEAPORT Enhanced, or now SEAPORT II, is a 15-year contract with a 5-year base period and two 5 year option periods.

ESN, along with its 12 company team made up of large and small businesses, won bids for all 7 Zones. Congratulations to the SEAPORT Enhanced Proposal Team, including: Paul Barber, Liz Daniel, Beth Freeman, Linda Gift, Scott Ulvi and Dan Zelisnikar.

Additional thanks to: Geoff Bauer, Mark Booz, Hugh Coleman, Bill Conoscenti, Rick Diver, Ned Geiger, Gary Geithman, Jim Hand, Doug Lopez, Matt Lopez, Dave McLaughlin, Marty Morgen, Bill Oliver, Dave Pisano, Hank Pitts, Dan Rustchak, Dan Tabor, and Wes Mandler.

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