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HIJN E T W O R K C E N T R I C S O L U T I O N S( N E T C E N T S ) A N D N E T C E N T S – 2NETCENTS and NETCENTS-2 acquisitions provide enterprise contracts thataccelerate delivery of information technology (IT) capabilities to meet networkoperations and infrastructure requirements enabling every airmen to fly, fight and winin air, space and cyberspace.M I S S I O NP r o v i d e sr e a d y - to- u s ec o n t r a c t s t h a te n a b l e t h ew a r f i g h t e r t o o b t a i nI T h a r d w a r e ,s o l u t i o n s a n ds u p p o r t i n t i m e t om e e t t h e i r n e e d s i na i r , s p a c e a n dc y b e r s p a c ePROGRAM CAPABILITIESThe NETCENTS family of contracts provides:• Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) products to support the Internet Protocol (IP)network• Solutions to support network operations, core enterprise services and infrastructuredevelopment and operations• Services to support building, sustaining, integrating, re-engineering and exposing missionsoftware applications and other electronic content• Support for strategic/enterprise-level integration and portfolio management activities andIT service management• Services for tactical/program-level IT organizational support and engineeringBENEFIT/VALUE TO THE WARFIGHTERThe NETCENTS family of contracts provides the warfighter with these benefits:• Cost avoidance – Air Force and other users saved approx. $87M on products purchases infiscal years 2008-2010 as compared to the cost of the same items on other governmentcontracts and on the open market• Time savings – feedback from contracting officers (CO) in the field says using NETCENTSTask Orders saves them 26-41 days – that’s a minimum of 52 man-hours for each CO alone• Security and Operability – ensures adherence to the requirements of the Air ForceEnterprise Architecture62