December 17, 2020 14:45 ET | Source: Constellis
Herndon, VA, Dec. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Constellis, a leading provider of essential risk management and mission support services to government and commercial clients worldwide, announced today that the Department of State (DOS) awarded the company a 10-year, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) WPS III contract, with a $15 billion IDIQ ordering ceiling, scheduled to start in February 2021.
Under this multiple-award contract, Constellis will provide armed personal protective, static guard, and team-based emergency response security services for the DOS worldwide, focusing primarily on DOS requirements in high-threat overseas locations.
As the premier global provider of high-end security solutions, Constellis company Triple Canopy has been supporting the State Department for over 15 years.
“We are truly honored to be selected by the Department of State to help secure their vital missions overseas for the next decade," said Tim Reardon, CEO of Constellis. “The State Department performs critically important work in high-threat regions, and we’re extraordinarily proud to be a part of their trusted team.”
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/12/17/2147360/0/en/Constellis-company-Triple-Canopy-wins-position-on-15-billion-State-Department-WPS-III-IDIQ-contract.html
With more than 17,000 personnel, Constellis recruits and retains the industry’s most experienced and top-trained employees, most of whom are military or law enforcement veterans. As a result, we share a willingness to support complex operations in some of the world’s most demanding places. Constellis operates in approximately 40 countries, spanning five continents with regional offices in Africa, the Americas, Europe and the Middle East. Constellis is headquartered just outside of Washington, D.C. in Reston, Va.
https://www.military.com/veteran-jobs/100k-jobs-mission/100k-jobs-mission-employer-profile-academi.html
Academi is an American private military company founded in 1997 by former Navy SEAL officer Erik Prince as Blackwater, renamed as Xe Services in 2009 and known as Academi since 2011 after the company was acquired by a group of private investors. Wikipedia
Founded: 1997
Headquarters: Herndon, VA
Successor: Triple Canopy
Founders: Erik Prince, Al Clark
Parent organizations: Triple Canopy, Constellis
Subsidiaries: Blackwater Security Consulting, International Development Solutions LLC, Academi Training Center, Inc.
ACADEMI specializes in:
Training and support for domestic and international clients
Personnel and facility security services
Mission support and staff augmentation
Risk management and security services consulting
Stability support, crisis response and forward base operations
Training for civilians, law enforcement and military personnel
ACADEMI serves U.S. Government departments and agencies, law enforcement organizations, allied government and corporate and individual customers worldwide.
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More than eighty percent of all ACADEMI employees are former military or law enforcement. They may no longer wear a uniform, but ACADEMI employees are continuing proud service to their country in a civilian capacity. ACADEMI employees perform brilliantly at their contracts, and their customers know this and have come to expect it. ACADEMI also continues a proud tradition of hiring veterans in a variety of capacities and functions across the company
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