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Sotera Wins $87M Army Software Task Order

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Sotera, a provider of mission-critical, technology-based systems, solutions and services for national security agencies and programs of the U.S. government, was awarded an $87 million task order for the U.S. Army Software Engineering Center (SEC) Worldwide Intel Systems Field Software Engineering Support. The two-year task order was issued under the Software and Systems Engineering Services Next Generation (SSES NexGen) Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract.

SSES NexGen is an IDIQ contract vehicle through which CECOM will procure engineering and scientific support services for the CECOM Command Life Cycle Management Command (CECOM LCMC) SEC located at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Aberdeen, Maryland. The SEC provides life cycle software solutions and services that enable warfighting superiority and information dominance across the enterprise.

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