As a prime contractor under US Army Infrastructure Modernization (IMOD) contract; EPS is deploying the Campus Area Network (CAN) at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

Project Details

Locations:
Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) Aberdeen, Maryland

Customer:
US Army Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR)

Business Unit:
EPS Network Solutions

Scope:
Engineering, Furnishing, Installing, Securing and Testing (EFIS&T), documenting, migrating and cutting over a state-of-the-art Campus Area Network (CAN), consisting of 175 enterprise-level layer II switches being installed in a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) environment for the Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Command

Period of Performance:
20 December 2007 -20 July 2011

Under a Delivery Order (DO) on EPS’ prime contract with the United States Army’s Infrastructure Modernization (IMOD) Program designed to modernize the core enterprise information infrastructure at Army installations worldwide, EPS is Engineering, Furnishing, Installing, Securing and Testing (EFIS&T), documenting, migrating and cutting over a state-of-the-art Campus Area Network (CAN), consisting of 175 enterprise-level layer II switches being installed in a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) environment for the Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Command which is relocating from Fort Monmouth, NJ to Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), MD. EPS is using an Integrated Product Team (IPT) management approach that has proved successful when working in a complex multi-vendor environment. This management approach provides direct lines of communication to the EPS Project Manager (PM) that significantly streamlines problem detection and resolution and ensures all members of the team are synchronized and fully aware of each other’s roles and responsibilities. EPS' IPT members include Brocade Corporation as the network systems Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) supplying, installing, configuring, testing and certifying the data communications network upgrade; Oliver Communications Group, Inc. responsible for performing the electrical installation and associated site preparation work; and Allcom Corporation that is supporting miscellaneous site preparation requirements. EPS is providing the data network design, quality control and overall project and program management and is the communications focal point with the APG Network Enterprise Center (NEC), I3MP Program Office and key C4ISR stakeholders such as but not limited to the G6. The DO is structured as a Base Award under which all the site preparation work is performed, followed by four (4) Options that will install a Campus Area Network across ten (10) End User Buildings (EUBs) segmented into three (3) dedicated networks (Non-Secure Internet Protocol Router Network (NIPERNET), Secure Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNET) and Defense Engineering Research Network (DREN)). Other Options include the delivery of test equipment, spare equipment, and network administration training.