The Army Corps of Engineers has announced that following the resolution of a bid protest of an A-76 competition that it would begin implementing a new information management and IT organization with its in-house team.
The Corps IT organization, in a partnership with Lockheed Martin for contract support, will phase in over one year, followed by a one-year base period and four optional years after that, the agency stated.
It said the organization would be headquartered in Vicksburg, Miss., with 55 offices throughout the country.
The competition was initiated in 2004 and originally involved work performed by about 1,300 Defense Department civilians and about 1,500 contractor employees.
The Corps said it expects to save $1 billion over five years, in part through a reduction of in-house and contractor staff to about 500 and 350, respectively.
