Lockheed Martin Corporation has been selected by the U.S. Joint Forces Command to provide Information Technology services under the new Information Systems Support Services contract, with a ceiling of $35.3 million for the first year and an estimated total of more than $186 million over five years.

Information Systems Support Services is an indefinite-delivery-indefinite- quantity (IDIQ), cost plus fixed fee contract established by the U.S. Joint Forces Command, under which task orders will be issued. The contract has a one-year base and four additional one-year option periods. Work is expected to begin on Oct. 5, 2007.

The Information Systems Support Services contract was designed to provide the Joint Forces Command with mission support through the planning, design, development, integration, installation, production engineering, and operations of their Information Technology. Services to be provided under the contract will include support for network operations and systems, customer training, video teleconferencing, and database development and administration. .

"We are very excited to have been chosen for this contract and look forward to a great working relationship with the Joint Forces Command. We have committed to bring the best possible IT solutions in support of the Command, ensuring effectiveness and efficiencies across all facets of our contract work," said Steve Lubniewski, President of Lockheed Martin's Enterprise Solutions & Services company.

Work will occur primarily at the command's Norfolk and Suffolk facilities as well as support at Joint Personnel Recovery Agency facilities at Ft. Belvoir, Va. and Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., and the command's liaison officers at the Pentagon and in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) is one of DoD's nine combatant commands and has several key roles in transforming the U.S. military's capabilities. Headquartered in the Hampton Roads area, Va., the command oversees a force of more than 1.16 million dedicated men and women, spanning USJFCOM's service component commands and subordinate activities.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin employs about 140,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation reported 2006 sales of $40 billion.

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