General Dynamics Awarded $100 Million to Outfit and Transition Four
Military Medical Facilities
FAIRFAX, Va., Nov. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics
Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE:
GD), was awarded three task orders in September to provide initial
outfitting and transition (IO&T) services to the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, Ala. Under these task
orders, General Dynamics will plan, purchase, deliver and install
medical and information technology (IT) equipment and furniture in
support of new military hospitals at Fort
Riley, Kan., and Fort Benning,
Ga., as well as new clinics at Camp Carroll and Camp
Humphreys in South Korea. The task orders have a combined
value of $100 million over 28
months.
"General Dynamics has in-depth knowledge and experience in
health facility outfitting, medical logistics and healthcare supply
chain matters for the military, commercial and international
healthcare customers," said Marcus
Collier, senior vice president of the Health and Civilian
Solutions division. "We will efficiently transition all the
equipment and staff to the new clinics on time so the clinics can
provide state-of-the-art healthcare support for wounded warriors
and thousands of military health beneficiaries."
Under the first task order, General Dynamics will outfit and
help activate the new Irwin Army Community Hospital at Fort Riley. General Dynamics will
relocate and transition a staff of approximately 1,200 to the new
hospital, which will serve thousands of Army soldiers and their
families. This new 555,000 square foot hospital will include
44 inpatient beds, four operating rooms, a 21-bed emergency room
and a traumatic brain injury clinic. The hospital is scheduled to
open in May 2014.
Under the second task order, General Dynamics will equip and
help launch the new Martin Army Community Hospital at Fort Benning. This project will
encompass 745,000 square feet with 70 inpatient beds. The hospital
is scheduled to open in November 2014
with a staff of more than 1,500.
Under the third task order, General Dynamics will supply
outfitting and transition services for the new Camp Carroll Health
and Dental Clinic and Camp Humphreys Dental Clinic in South Korea. These projects will include
delivery and installation of medical, dental and IT equipment for
two large clinics located in Waegwan and Pyeongtaek, South
Korea. Both facilities are expected to open by early
2015.
General Dynamics previously has provided similar
healthcare-facility support services to the new Walter Reed
National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., and the new Fort Belvoir
Community Hospital in Fort Belvoir,
Va. General Dynamics helped relocate all operations –
including about 10,000 staff members and thousands of pieces of
equipment – from the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the National
Naval Medical Center and Fort
Belvoir's DeWitt Army Community Hospital into these new
facilities in 21 months. The newly constructed and renovated
facilities serve as the U.S. military's premier hospitals for
casualty and beneficiary care and as critical medical research
centers.
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SOURCE General Dynamics Information Technology