Naval Undersea Warfare Center
Awards ESN $2.9 Million Contract to Provide Technical Services
in Independent Verification & Validation
ARLINGTON, VA (November 13, 2008) – Engineering Services
Network Inc. (ESN) announced today that it has received a contract
award valued at $2.9 million from the Naval Undersea Warfare
Center (NUWC), a division of Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
if options are exercised.
Under the contract, ESN will provide technical services and
conduct independent Verification & Validation (IV&V)
of Gold, Silver and PinPoint disk routines created by the Navy’s
Module Test and Repair (MTR) program.
ESN President and CEO Raymond F. Lopez Jr. said the contract
was awarded under the SeaPort-e contract vehicle and would
run five years if all option periods are exercised.
“As a former Navy commander, it’s always great
to be working shoulder-to-shoulder with the Navy to make sure
our nation is safe,” said Lopez. “We have been
partnering with the Navy for over 10 years, and we take our
work seriously.”
Founded in 1995, ESN is an IT and business consulting company
specializing in military and government contracts. Its customers
include the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine
Corps, Military Sealift Command, Department of Health and Human
Services and other federal agencies. Inc. magazine named ESN
one of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the U.S.
this year and among the top 100 fastest-growing defense contractors
in the U.S. last year.
NUWC was officially established on Jan. 2, 1992, and is the
Navy's full-spectrum research, development, test and evaluation,
engineering and fleet support center for submarines, autonomous
underwater systems and offensive and defensive weapons systems
associated with undersea warfare.
Kurt Hampe, director of Virginia’s Tidewater operations
for ESN, said the Warfare Center seeks to provide its customers
with the highest quality technologies, products and services
at the best value to ensure the nation's continuing superiority
in undersea warfare.
Hampe also said the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Detachment
Field Engineering Office Norfolk (NUWCDETFEONOR) is the In-Service
Engineering Agent (ISEA) for the Navy’s Module Test and
Repair (MTR) Program. The MTR program is responsible for general
and special purpose electronic test equipment used to run diagnostics
on circuit card assemblies (CCA) and electronic modules (EM).
The MTR program is chartered with broad-based responsibilities
to maintain testing capabilities and repair logistics type
support for all electronics equipments and systems throughout
the Department of Defense (DoD). NUWC DET FEO Norfolk is organized
as a flexible technical support facility providing service
wherever tasked. Hampe said ESN will provide engineering and
technical support for the NUWC DET FEO NORFOLK DOD Gold, Silver
and PinPoint Disk Verification Lab.
“The men and women who work on these projects are fully
dedicated to ensure that Navy ship’s systems are working
at their best efficiency,” said Hampe. “Our goal
has always been to assist the Navy in undersea warfare, today
and tomorrow.”
Based in Arlington, VA, ESN has regional and field offices
throughout the U.S. and worldwide. Founded in 1995, ESN
has achieved ISO 9001:2000 certification. ESN customers
include
the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps,
Military Sealift Command, Department of Health and Human
Services and other federal agencies. Visit us at esncc.com.
ESN is a
service-disabled, veteran-owned company
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