US:The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) awarded a five-year, $40 million contract to Woodbridge, Virginia-based Sev1Tech to support CBP’s Enterprise Network Architecture and Engineering Support Services (ENAESS) program. The program supports CBP’s Office of Information and Technology (OIT), Enterprise Networks and Technology Support Directorate (ENTSD), and Network Architecture and Engineering Division (NAED). Sev1Tech will provide information technology service management tools, automation, and analytics forto help CBP’s network and security infrastructure to run 24 hours a day.
Specifically, the company will provide network and security engineering, evaluation and testing, network performance monitoring, incident tracking, network troubleshooting, and performance analytics to protect, defend, and restore the confidentiality, integrity and availability of CBP mission-essential data communications and applications, the company reported.
“We look forward to continuing our support of the CBP mission to help keep our nation secure by implementing critical enterprise-wide network architecture, network engineering, and management services” said Tara Berman, a Sev1Tech senior vice president. “This award is a testament to CBP’s confidence in our engineering capabilities. Our Network Architecture and Engineering Team remain committed to providing innovative solutions and exceptional services in support of our customer’s mission.”
The contract award is in addition to the September 2015 award which made Sev1Tech CBP’s ENAESS prime contractor modernizing its IT infrastructure, including evaluation and implementation of emerging technologies, migration to the cloud, mobile platform support, and continuous improvements to network services.