The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) awarded 39 companies for the second-generation Tactical Communications contract (TACCOM II). The ceiling on the contract is $3 billion and is expected to last 5 years. The first-generation TACCOM also had a ceiling of $3 billion, but the actual spend was roughly $774 million per EZGovOpps data.

Agencies other than DHS can leverage TACCOM II to order delivery of commodity items as they are made available from General Services Administration (GSA) and commercial catalogs. The awards for TACCOM II fall into two categories: Technical Category 1 (TC1) for equipment such as satellites, radios, supporting infrastructure, software, and other end-user products. The second category, Technical Category 2 (TC2)  is reserved for services such as project management, spectrum support, maintenance, installation, repair, and deployment.

Six companies were awarded for both categories. They were: Commdex, Harris Corporation, IT Tech Direct, Motorola Solutions, Rockwell Collins (Now Collins Aerospace) and Tribalco. The whole list of awardees separated by category are below:

Technical Category 1 (TC1) – Equipment:

• ACG Systems Inc.
• ADS Inc.
• AEG Group
• CE Acquisition (does business as Procom Communications)
• Commdex Consulting LLC
• Cynergy Professional Systems
• Eastern Communications
• Edge Technology Distributors
• EF Johnson
• Harris Corp.
• Hughes Network Systems
• Inmarsat Government
• IT Tech Direct
• Knight-Sky
• Micro Tech
• Motorola Solutions
• Technical Category 2 (TC2) – Services
• New Tech Solutions Inc.
• Red River
• RELM Wireless
• Rockwell Collins (now Collins Aerospace)
• Telephonics Corporation
• Tribalco
• Ultisat

Services category winners are:

• ACET
• Acquisition, Research and Logistics
• AT&T
• Black & Veatch
• CACI International
• CDS2
• Chartis Federal
• Commdex Consulting
• Cynergy
• Eyak Tek
• Federal Engineering
• General Dynamics
• Harris Corp.
• IT Tech Direct
• Long Wave
• Motorola Solutions
• Procom Communications
• Rivada Port Graham
• Rockwell Collins
• SimpleCom Solutions
• Soft Tech Consulting
• Tribalco

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