Under the contract, Northrop Grumman will design, install, test, operate and maintain an integrated and secure IT infrastructure throughout the DHS headquarters at the St Elizabeths campus. The company will provide a top-level security and information platform for the department.
Northrop Grumman will supply IT equipment, connectivity and operations and maintenance support; physical security and access control; secure voice, video and data telecommunications, including wireless; smart building and green management systems; and overall program and subcontractor management.
The team includes IBM, Johnson Controls, CACI, TWD & Associates, Diebold, Cosentini Associates, and a number of small businesses.
Linda A. Mills, corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman's Information Systems sector, said: "We will partner with the General Services Administration and DHS to achieve enterprise efficiency in full life-cycle support of IT access to applications, systems and services for a secure and efficient enterprise IT network that has important implications to national security."
Work will be conducted over a five-year base period with a two-year option and an additional three-year option period. The 10-year contract was awarded under the General Service Administration’s $50bn Alliant contract vehicle for IT services.