On Tuesday, Fairfax-based software company Salient CRGT Inc. announced it had been awarded the first of four options on a potential $482 million award supporting the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DOD) specialized information technology systems and warfighter networks.
The five-year, single-award contract is named SANDBAR and was initially awarded in September 2019 as a competitive order under the General Services Administration (GSA) Alliant 2 Vehicle. This contract includes the design, development, deployment, sustainment and lifecycle management of specialized information technologies.
The first option year of SANDBAR was exercised in late September 2020. The current option year includes the support of the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the combatant commands and the Fourth Estate agencies.
