Delivery Order DCA20002D5003-0187

This is a delivery order issued under the Department of Defense's High Performance Computing Modernization (HPCM) program, a Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP) operated by the Department of Defense. The contract, valued at $2,900,128.03, was awarded on August 27, 2007 to MCI Communications Services LLC, a subsidiary of Verizon Communications Inc. that provides telecommunications services to federal government customers. The contract supports the Defense Research and Engineering Network, with services including DS3/OC3 SDP installations, network operations, computing hardware procurement, and specialized software licensing. The award has a firm-fixed-price pricing type and was not set aside for small businesses. The primary funding agency is the Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), which operates the HPCM program to provide computational resources and networking capabilities for defense research, test and evaluation, and acquisition engineering initiatives.