The U.S. Navy awarded ICS multiyear IDIQ contract under SeaPort vehicle. The SeaPort -e is the Navy's electronic platform for acquiring support services in 22 functional areas including Engineering, Financial Management, and Program Management. The Navy Systems Commands (NAVSEA, NAVAIR, SPAWAR, NAVFAC, and NAVSUP), the Office of Naval Research, the United States Marine Corps, and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) compete their service requirements amongst 1800+ SeaPort-e IDIQ multiple award contract holders. The SeaPort-e portal provides a standardized, efficient means of soliciting offers from amongst the diverse population of large and small businesses and their approved team members. All task orders are competitively solicited, awarded and managed using the SeaPort-e platform. Since nearly 85% of its contract–holders are small businesses, the SeaPort-e approach to acquiring services provides opportunity that fuels the Nation’s engine of job growth..
Creative Associates as Prime contractor to USAID under the TZ21 project, awarded ICS a subcontractor valued over $6 Million to provide the ICT and Solar equipment together with its associated services to over 1000 schools in several cities and towns in Zanzibar and Mtwara Regions in Tanzania. The ICT equipment consisted mainly of over 5,000 Classmates, Desktops, together with Printers, Scanners, Routers, Switches, LCD Projector, and the Solar equipment consist mainly of solar panels, batteries, invertors, chargers and capacitors. In addition to the procurement and logistics of the ICT and Solar systems.
Creative Associates International Inc. (CAII), the prime contractor for the USAID Education Technology for Improved Learning Outcomes project (TILO), awarded ICS Technologies, Inc. in early December 2008, a multi-million dollar contract to computerize over 160 schools in different parts of Egypt. ICS role will be to establish fully electrical and data networked computer labs in each school, train the Ministry of Education’s administrators and provide a three-year, web-based helpdesk warranty services to every school at the different districts in Egypt. TILO, is a four-year contract to support the Egyptian Ministry of Education’s reform policy goals to provide students with the skills and knowledge to compete in a global economy. The project will build support for computer use in the classroom and among education officials and communities.
ICS will establish a staging area that will be used to support the quality control activities for all equipment arriving into Egypt.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Agency awarded ICS the Electronic FAA Accelerated and Simplified Tasks (eFAST) IDIQ contract. This IDIQ contract is for seven years with a ceiling of $2 Billion. The eFAST contract is FAA’s preferred acquisition vehicle that satisfies Small Business requirements with multiple contract types with performance-based solutions available. The contract is awarded based on adherence to acquisition excellence with access to trusted and reliable small business industry partners who are dedication to customer support and satisfaction with proven performance track record.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC have extended ICS contract to provide technical assistance and logistical support under the Jordan Applied Epidemiology Project. The CDC International & Territories Acquisition and Assistance Branch (ITAAB) extended to ICS Technologies, Inc. the third option year under a five-year contract for Logistic Support Services of CDC Middle East regional office in Amman, Jordan. In response to a request from the Jordanian Ministry of Health (MOH) and with the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Amman, the Data for Decision Making (DDM) program Designed a project aimed at improving the access to and use of surveillance information within the MOH. Jordan Surveillance Project (JSP) started in 1998 with main purpose to provide MOH with the capacity to produce sufficient health information and to make policy determinations, resource allocation and programmative improvements to increase effectiveness and efficiency of public health practice. The project consist of two main activities: Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) - a two-year residency program for health professionals, and DDM training program - on the job training in the principles of epidemiology, surveillance, management and communication of public health professionals.
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) awarded ICS Technologies, Inc. the high-end technical contract to establish a complete VSAT Network between 12 different locations in Iraq and in Jordan. The project is managed by UNDP-Iraq office in Amman, Jordan, where this office will host the focal point of the system. The other locations will serve VSAT installations at the UK FCO Compound in Basra Military Enclave in Iraq. The system will be managed using Vipersat Management System (VMS) that will be Configured by ICS together with providing On-site training including the VMS software Installation, Network Configuration, Operations & Maintenance for all network and hubs together with remote equipment installation that will guarantee a fully functioning network.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC have extended ICS contract to provide technical assistance and logistical support under the Jordan Applied Epidemiology Project. The CDC International & Territories Acquisition and Assistance Branch (ITAAB) extended to ICS Technologies, Inc. the third option year under a five-year contract for Logistic Support Services of CDC Middle East regional office in Amman, Jordan. In response to a request from the Jordanian Ministry of Health (MOH) and with the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Amman, the Data for Decision Making (DDM) program Designed a project aimed at improving the access to and use of surveillance information within the MOH. Jordan Surveillance Project (JSP) started in 1998 with main purpose to provide MOH with the capacity to produce sufficient health information and to make policy determinations, resource allocation and programmative improvements to increase effectiveness and efficiency of public health practice. The project consist of two main activities: Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) - a two-year residency program for health professionals, and DDM training program - on the job training in the principles of epidemiology, surveillance, management and communication of public health professionals.
Management Systems International (MSI), the prime contractor of USAID Tatweer Project awarded ICS Technologies, Inc. in July of 2008, multi-million dollar task orders comprising of five different contracts in its effort to computerize the Ministry of Planning in Iraq.
The USAID Tatweer project provides comprehensive assistance to Iraqi ministries and offices delivering services to the Iraqi people. Tatweer helps the government of Iraq rebuild its civil service as part of a general U.S. commitment to a strong, independent Iraqi government providing its people with food, medicine, power and a better future. ICS Provided complete network of Video-conferencing Telecommunication between 15 different site in different areas in Iraq using the state-of-the-art Polycom VTC systems. And installed IT equipment (computers, servers, printers, scanners,…) at two COSIT sites for the Ministry of Planning—Baghdad. In addition, ICS provided V-SAT equipment in two Ministry of Planning locations together with provision of Bandwidth that has effect an integrated solution together with various software applications throughout the department as a gateway for Electronic Government.
The Electronic Industries Department, Ministry of Industry in Iraq, awarded ICS Technologies, Inc. in July 2008, the contract to provide and install various IT equipment to the Iraqi Traffic Department Whilst the initial design and Bill of Quantities was originally set out by the client / end user, the challenging part of this project existed in the final configuration and installation of the equipment. In other words, ICS expertise as Solution Providers and System Integrators was called upon, and not only to provide and install equipment.
Basically, the project comprised of a complete turnkey solution for 60 operators to enable them to process, scan and document all licensing applications in one seamless and flawless transaction from each work station together with full archiving system. The end result for the operator and the public is fast transactions and ultimately, it will present one of the several gateways for the electronic government.
Although the end user provided all the key definitions and preferences for this project, the challenge to any solution provider and system integrator is to support such requirement with cost optimization and full compatibility avoiding any future conflicts in technological terms.