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ASI Government Wins $461M PMSS3 Contract

By TechTaffy Desk

ASI Government has won a five-year, $461 million indefinite-delivery, indefinitely-quantity (IDIQ) contract to support the U.S. Army. The contract is known as Program Management Support Services 3 (PMSS3). Under PMSS3, ASI will support the Army Program Executive Office (PEO) Enterprise Information Systems (EIS) headquarters, as well as its directorates, project and product offices, and related organizations.

Support services include project/product management, business process reengineering (BPR), information systems security, contingency planning, physical security; enterprise design, integration and consolidation; systems operation and maintenance and integrated logistics support.

[Image courtesy: U.S. Army / Soldiers, assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, conduct urban operations training.]

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