Blue Canopy Wins Large Enterprise IT Services Contract to Support Defense Intelligence Community

RESTON, Va., May 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Blue Canopy Group, LLC, a woman owned small business provider of innovative technologies and solutions for mission-critical national security programs, announced today that it was competitively selected to receive a prime contract, under a $6.6 billion multi-award contract from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) to provide worldwide Information Technology (IT) support services to the Government.  The services include enterprise, end-to-end life cycle IT support from requirements analysis through system design, development, fielding, and sustainment of global Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and the intelligence components of Command and Control (C2) system assets that are vital to the security of the United States.

The award of the highly competitive Solutions for the Information Technology Enterprise (SITE) contract was made officially on 14 May 2010. The multiple award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract has one base-year and four annual option years.  Blue Canopy was one of 5 small businesses that were awarded a prime contract.

"We have assembled a world class team that brings both fresh ideas and proven capability to the community.  Blue Canopy has supported DIA for the past seven years, and we are excited to have the opportunity to continue providing essential IT mission support to DIA and the customers serviced through the SITE vehicle," said Blue Canopy's President & CEO, Bradley Schwartz.

The SITE contract will allow Blue Canopy and its teammates including Accenture, Dell Perot Systems, ManTech International Corporation, and 15 other specialty firms, to continue our long histories of providing IT services support to DIA, the Armed Services, Combatant Commands, Defense Agencies, National Command Authorities, and other Departments and Agencies with intelligence missions.

Eric Husebo, Partner in Blue Canopy's Defense and Intelligence Practice and SITE Program Manager stated, "We are truly excited about being given a platform to provide enterprise IT support to the defense intelligence community and the field commanders.  Whether the need is for field support in Afghanistan or leveraging technology to save money, our team will translate the need into actionable information as we respond to the warfighter."

About Blue Canopy Group, LLC:

Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Blue Canopy Group, LLC is a woman owned small business that focuses on delivering outcomes that make a difference.  We do that by combining technology and process excellence, along with good governance and great people to enable clients to execute their mission.  Our clients include the Intelligence Community, the departments of Defense, Homeland Security, other U.S. federal government agencies and commercial customers.   Blue Canopy prides itself on being "easy to do business with".

Additional information on Blue Canopy can be found at www.bluecanopy.com.

Contact:

Eric Husebo

Partner, Government Services

703-896-4000

[email protected]

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