09/01/10 – ERC Wins Missile Defense Agency’s MiDAESS Contract

Huntsville, AL, September 1, 2010 – ERC, Inc., a Huntsville, AL-based Small Business, has been awarded one of five contracts in the Full and Open Engineering Support Capability Group of the Missile Defense Agency’s MDA Engineering and Support Services (MiDAESS) Program.  The MiDAESS Program Office will use a series of functionally oriented support contracts to obtain the Agency’s Acquisition and Advisory Services (A&AS).  Each of the five contracts awarded in the Full and Open Engineering Support Capability Group has a not-to-exceed ordering ceiling of $1,618,900,000 and has a performance period through August, 2015.  Work under these contracts will be performed in Huntsville, AL; Colorado Springs, CO; Vandenberg, CA; and Washington, DC.

Of the five contract awardees, ERC is the only SBA-certified Small Business, only privately-held company, and only firm with their parent company headquarters located in Huntsville, the contract’s primary work location.

In making the joint announcement, ERC CEO Dr. Ernie Wu and President Kenny Frame stated, "MDA’s creation of the MiDAESS Program provides the Agency a highly innovative instrument to more effectively meet contractor support requirements, drive significant cost efficiencies, and streamline the management of their engineering, technical, and administrative support services.  We are honored to be a part of this groundbreaking contractor support program and look forward to supporting MDA’s critical national security mission for years to come.”

ERC provides engineering, scientific, and technical support services to the US Army, US Air Force, and NASA with operations in six states: Alabama, California, Texas, Mississippi, New Mexico, and Colorado. Founded in 1988, ERC specializes in propulsion and propellants research and development; systems and specialty engineering for military and space systems; operations and maintenance of advanced test ranges and test facilities; and Information Technology support.

ERC’s teammates for the MiDAESS Full and Open Engineering Support Capability Group are Jacobs Engineering (NYSE: JEC) of Pasadena, CA; Qualis Corporation of Huntsville, AL; Epsilon Systems Solutions, Inc. of San Diego, CA; Skylla Engineering Ltd. of Humble, TX; and Universal Technology Corporation of Dayton, OH.