SAN DIEGO, Calif., Aug. 9, 2007 – Cubic Applications,
Inc. (CAI), a division of Cubic Corporation (Amex: CUB), announced
today that it is part of a contractor team awarded a prime bidding
position by the General Services Administration (GSA) for its
largest Government Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) -- GSA Alliant.
The team, dubbed Team ITS-Alliant, is headed by ITS Corporation
and will have an opportunity to compete for up to $50 billion
in GSA information technology business over the next five to
ten years.
“While Cubic is well known for its expertise in providing
services and defense systems integration in the United States
and around the world, being a part of this successful team creates
additional opportunities across all of Cubic’s business
units,” said Rich McLaughlin, CAI’s Director for
Strategic Programs.
CAI is one of five core team members on Team ITS-Alliant, a
team that also includes a robust small business team as well
as leading universities. Team ITS-Alliant was among 29 contractor
teams awarded prime positions on the Alliant contract, which
allows central purchasing of information technology services
currently provided under the ANSWER, Millennia, Millennia Lite
and ITOPS contracts.
CAI representatives have been working with ITS Corporation for
more than two years on this successful capture effort and hope
to leverage the win to increase civilian and military business
opportunities.
CAI provides a wide range of live and computer-based training
support, advance learning technologies, and web development,
disaster consequence management, technical and staff augmentation
services to U.S. and foreign militaries. CAI customers span
the globe and include organizations representing the U.S. Department
of Defense (DOD), including each of the military services; the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS); other federal departments;
and selected allies.
Cubic Applications, Inc., is a major component of the Defense
segment of Cubic Corporation, a world provider of realistic
combat training systems, mission support services and defense
electronics. Another Cubic Corporation segment, Cubic Transportation
Systems, designs and manufactures automatic fare collection
systems for public mass transit authorities.
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