A subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has received a potential five-year, $78 million task order to support the U.S. Marine Corps‘ efforts to manage consequences from accidental or intentional chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosive attacks.Huntington Ingalls’Â Camber business will provide engineering and technical support services to the CBRNE Consequence Management program, the Defense Department said Wednesday.
The program encompasses methods and measures designed to safeguard U.S. forces, businesses and the general public from inadvertent or deliberate releases of CBRNE agents.
The task order was awarded through the General Services Administration’s Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services contract vehicle and has a one-year base period valued at nearly $15 million.
Work will occur in Washington, D.C., and could extend through Aug. 22, 2022, if all options are exercised.
Newport News, Virginia-based Huntington Ingalls completed its $380 million acquisition of Camber in late 2016 to form a government services segment called Technical Solutions.
