SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va. , April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) announced today that it was awarded a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) award for Mentor-Protege Program Excellence. The company was recognized for assisting its protege firm, SpecPro Environmental Services, LLC (SES), with the U.S. Army Small Business Programs sponsored by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District. This is the twelfth time that SAIC has been selected to receive a Nunn-Perry Award.
SAIC has been an active participant in the DoD Mentor-Protege Program for 16 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.
SES is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bristol Bay Native Corp., an Alaskan Native 8(a) company headquartered in Huntsville, Ala. , with a major office location in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The company provides environmental and construction services to federal government customers. Training provided to SES by SAIC during the past year was designed to help SES support the Defense Installations Strategic Plan and its mission to meet the emerging needs of the DoD.
"SAIC is honored to be recognized for both the value of our contributions to the growth and success of this protege as well as for our contributions to DoD's mission," said Bob Shokes , SAIC senior vice president and business unit general manager of the sponsoring Engineering and Infrastructure Business Unit.
About SAIC
SAIC is a FORTUNE 500(R) scientific, engineering, and technology
applications company that uses its deep domain knowledge to solve problems of
vital importance to the nation and the world, in national security, energy and
the environment, critical infrastructure, and health. The company's
approximately 44,000 employees serve customers in the Department of Defense,
the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, other
U.S. Government civil agencies and selected commercial markets. SAIC had
annual revenues of
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