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TeleCommunication Systems Awarded $58.3 Million Contract to Supply Managed Satellite Services to the U.S. Marine Corps

TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) has entered into a contract with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to provide Managed Satellite Services, Ku satellite bandwidth, terrestrial support and 24-hour support services for the U.S. Marine Corps' Tactical Satellite Communications Network. The initial funding on this award is $12.8 million for the base 12-month period starting August 1, 2013. The contract includes four, one-year option terms, which, if exercised, have a total contract value of $58.3 million. This contract was issued under the joint DISA/GSA Future Commercial Satcom Acquisition program. TCS is one of eight prime contract awardees under the $2.6 billion Custom SATCOM Solutions (CS2) vehicle, which was awarded in August 2012. The CS2 contract has a base term of three years, ending August 2015 with two subsequent one-year option terms.

The U.S. General Services Administration and DISA are managing this procurement through the $2.6 billion Custom SATCOM Solutions (CS2) contract vehicle. This is the first CS2 task order awarded directly to TCS.

TCS will be providing the Marine Corps with commercial satellite services to various terminals to extend the Marine Corps Enterprise Network to deployed users.

As real-world missions arise, TCS has created a cost-efficient managed services solution through a network of commercial satellite bandwidth pools that has the flexibility to increase bandwidth in one region and decrease bandwidth in another region to support the Marine Corps' diverse operations.

TCS Government Solutions Group President Michael Bristol, said: "Through our experience with wireless point-to-point links and commercialization projects, the Marine Corps has come to trust TCS TotalCom^® solutions. Now, we will provide further highly reliable communication technology to deployed forces."