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ARIES is a participant on the team awarded a $62,770,148 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-award fee, performance-based contract to provide systems engineering and technical assistance support services to Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, New Orleans, La. (SPAWARSYSCEN NOLA). The support services include providing information technology management, systems development and engineering, and operations support services in support of programs and projects managed or supported by SPAWARSYSCEN NOLA. These programs include, but are not limited to, legacy Navy personnel and pay systems. This contract includes anticipated base and out year options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $329,778,936. Work will be performed in New Orleans, La. (78 percent); Arlington, Va. (9 percent); Pensacola, Fla. (3 percent); San Diego, Calif. (3 percent); Norfolk, Va. (3 percent); Fort Worth, Texas (3 percent) and Millington, Tenn. (1 percent), and is expected be completed by September 2007. If all options are exercised, work will continue until September 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the year. This contract was a competitive 100 percent small business set-aside procurement with unlimited proposals solicited via the Commerce Business Daily’s Federal Business Opportunities website, and five offers received via the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N69250-07-D-0300).