SAIC Snags $228 Million Sandia Services Deal

Managed services may not be Science Applications International Corp.’s (SAIC) main bailiwick, but that didn’t stop the company from snagging a $228 million contract to support Sandia National Labs.

SAIC’s main areas of expertise are engineering and scientific applications, a perfect match for the famous Department of Energy lab. It may find itself with a rather demanding set of end users. Not only are many employees top scientists and engineers, the labs know a thing or two about technology. Last year Sandia built the world's largest optical network, serving 265 buildings and offering some 13,000 ports.

The deal is for five years and largely covers labs in Livermore, Calif. and Albuquerque, NM. SAIC will offer hosting, security and desktop services, as well as integration and IT research and development. "SAIC will work closely with Sandia to streamline and integrate their IT services," said Dan Harris, senior vice president and business unit general manager. "We have been providing services to Sandia for more than 30 years and we look forward to continuing our support of their mission." 

SAIC, a Fortune 500 company, does most of its work with the government, including the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other intelligence agencies, as well as some commercial markets.

On the services side, SAIC has particular expertise in supporting technical computing, and its “specific enterprise IT services for technical computing include data center facilities, project management discipline, systems management and engineering, backup/restore and disaster recovery, and system monitoring,” the company explained.

It also provides managed network services and here it “manages its client's voice, video, and data networks from the client's Network Operating Center (NOC) or from SAIC's Network and Security Operations Center NSOC, integrated into the ISMC for automated, proactive network monitoring and single-point-of-contact accountability,” the company detailed.