Harris CapRock teams with AIS Engineering to win first custom satellite solutions order for U.S. intelligence customer

Wednesday, Feb 13, 2013

Harris CapRock Communications, a global provider of fully managed communications for remote and harsh environments, has teamed with AIS Engineering, Inc., to provide end-to-end solutions to an intelligence community customer under a Custom Satellite Solutions (CS2) Small Business task order. The order includes one base year and four option years, valued at a minimum of $10 million if all option years are exercised.

“Working with CS2 contract awardees, we continue to meet the critical communications needs of our longstanding customers.

Under the agreement, the companies will provide the customer with U.S. satellite, teleport, terrestrial and engineering services. The solution also enables the customer with multiple options to procure these same custom end-to-end communications solutions globally.

“We have supported this intelligence community customer for more than a decade,” said David Cavossa, president of government solutions, Harris CapRock. “Working with CS2 contract awardees, we continue to meet the critical communications needs of our longstanding customers.”

CS2 is part of the Future Commercial SATCOM Acquisition (FCSA) program, which is managed by the General Services Administration (GSA) in partnership with the Defense Information Systems Agency. Harris CapRock is an approved vendor on other elements of the FCSA program – transponded capacity and subscription services – which are managed through the GSA Federal Supply Schedule 70 vehicle.

Harris CapRock Communications is a premier global provider of managed satellite and terrestrial communications solutions, specifically for remote and harsh environments including the energy, government and maritime markets. Harris CapRock owns and operates a robust global infrastructure that includes teleports on six continents, five 24/7 customer support centers, local presence in 23 countries, and over 275 global field service personnel supporting customer locations across North America, Central and South America, Europe, West Africa and Asia Pacific.

Source: Business Wire