PORTSMOUTH – Bar code company A2B Tracking Solutions Inc. has won a one-year contract worth up to $2.5 million from the U.S. Marine Corps.
The contract calls for the Portsmouth-based firm to provide the Marine Corps Systems Command’s Operational Forces Systems unit with transportable carts to mark all of the unit’s legacy equipment by the end of next year in order to comply with the U.S. Department of Defense’s Unique Identification (UID) property-labeling initiative.
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The carts, which include A2B’s UID Comply! data management software, will be rolled out to Marine Corps installations worldwide to mark items for the new property registry.
A2B has been recognized for its leadership in assisting the defense department with the development of UID. In 2008, the company won a five-year contract for similar work from the U.S. Air Force worth $70 million.
“Winning these military contracts, as well as many from DoD contractors, has placed A2B and Rhode Island in the forefront of the important IUID initiative with its cost containment and strategic ramifications,” said Tim Collins, A2B’s vice president of operations. “We are excited to play a key role in this groundbreaking movement.”
U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., called the contract “fantastic news for Portsmouth and Rhode Island.”
“The leadership team at A2B has been working to grow and expand its business in a challenging economic environment and I applaud the firm’s efforts,” Kennedy, a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, said. “I will continue to work in Congress in support of investments and policies to ensure that businesses can continue to be innovative, grow and create jobs.”
A2B Tracking Solutions Inc. is a 15-year-old package-tracking and property-tracking company and bar-code specialist focusing on automatic data capture, label-generating software and mobile computing mostly for the retail, shipping and defense industries. Additional information is available at the company’s Web sites, www.a2btracking.com and www.UIDsolutions.com.
