Globecomm Subsidiary Awarded IT Support Services Agreement to Support USAID

Cachendo, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Globecomm Systems, has been awarded a one-year information technology support services agreement to support the U.S. Agency for International Development, valued at up to $9 million.

Cachendo is a subcontractor to Catapult Technology, Ltd. under the terms set forth in the contract.

The agreement includes options, which if exercised would bring the total contract value up to $44.2 million over 5 years.

The U.S. Agency for International Development administers the U.S. foreign assistance program providing economic and humanitarian assistance in more than 80 countries worldwide.

Officials with Globecomm said that pursuant to the terms set forth in the contract, Cachendo will provide IT support services relating to website domains plus deployable IT support for Disaster Assistance Response Teams.

According to company officials, this includes program management, operations and maintenance, systems development, communications and field operations support, IT equipment procurement, maintenance, storage, distribution and network connectivity.

“We are excited that USAID selected our team,” said Bob DeLuca, president of Cachendo, in a statement. “We are looking forward to performing our duties to help execute critical humanitarian missions.”

Globecomm Systems (News - Alert) Inc. provides end-to-end value-added satellite-based communication products, services and solutions by leveraging its core satellite ground segment systems and network capabilities, with its satellite communication services capabilities.

The products and services Globecomm offers include pre-engineered systems, systems design and integration services, managed network services and life cycle support services.

TMCnet in March reported that Globecomm Systems has acquired Carrier to Carrier Telecom BV, or “C2C,” and the assets of Evolution Communication Ltd. from Carrier to Carrier Telecomm Holdings Ltd. 

Based in the Netherlands, C2C provides satellite services across Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Asia, and maritime services in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Gulf of Mexico and the Indian Ocean regions through its robust teleport facility located in Biddinghuizen, Netherlands. Evocomm’s wholly owned subsidiary, Evosat SA Pty Ltd, is headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa and maintains an office in Johannesburg. Evosat and Evocomm primarily provide Inmarsat (News - Alert) land-based BGAN and maritime-based Fleet Broadband services, along with mobile communications through C2C.