This is the second consecutive year that SAIC has been recognized under two separate agreements for the Nunn-Perry Award. One is with the U.S. Army; the other is with the DoD. "SAIC has worked to be a leader in helping develop outstanding small businesses under the Mentor-Protege Program. These awards are indicative of SAIC's commitment to working with all categories of small business and especially service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVO) small businesses," said Arnold Punaro, SAIC executive vice president and general manager, Washington Operations.
SAIC has been an active participant in the DoD Mentor-Protege Program for nearly 15 years and has been recognized by the government for its participation in other civilian agency small business programs. SAIC has mentored more than 70 firms under the DoD and other civilian agency programs and continues to help develop the business and technical capabilities that bring value to the sponsoring government agencies.
Oak Grove Technologies, Inc., Raleigh, N.C. was the first SDVO firm to participate in DoD's Mentor-Protege Program. Under the Army, this agreement's goal was to provide training, special certifications, and to strategically market to expand and enhance their overall capabilities and services. In just two years, Oak Grove Technologies has more than tripled in revenues and serves as a prime contractor and subcontractor within DoD and other civilian agencies.
Oberon Associates, Inc., Manassas, Va., is a woman-owned, SDVO firm and SAIC protege under the DoD's Office of the Secretary of Defense Mentor-Protege Program. Oberon also has realized significant growth over the past two years and is receiving a substantial amount of training. In addition, Oberon recently achieved Capability Maturity Model(R) Integration Level 2 certification. They are a small business contractor in the DoD contracting arena providing highly technical services as a prime and subcontractor on more than 20 government and commercial contracts.
SAIC is a leading provider of scientific, engineering, systems integration and technical services and solutions to all branches of the U.S. military, agencies of the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other U.S. Government civil agencies, as well as to customers in selected commercial markets. With more than 44,000 employees in over 150 cities worldwide, SAIC engineers and scientists solve complex technical challenges requiring innovative solutions for customers' mission-critical functions. SAIC had annual revenues of $7.8 billion for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2006 - SAIC.
Posted March 17th, 2007 by Nymphadora
