The Department of Homeland Security has awarded a five-year, $29 million, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to Battelle and subcontractor Capstone to support operational awareness for critical infrastructure in the U.S. The contract is specifically for the operation and support of the National Infrastructure Coordination Center (NICC) and the Office of Infrastructure Protection Incident Management Cell (IMC) for operational awareness of key infrastructure and resources.
The function of this lab is real-time monitoring and coordinated response to homeland security threats, so there’s decidedly a geospatial component. Battelle is already running the DHS National Biodefense Institute, so this contract just adds to their security responsibilities.
