AEDC Awards Communications and Information Technology Task Order Published Aug. 21, 2015 By 020815 ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, TENN. -- Today, The contracting office at Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) awarded the Base Communications and Information Technology Services task order; which will ensure we have the communication and IT services we need to remain the nation's ground test and evaluation facility of choice... today and tomorrow. OBXtek, Incorporated, (OBXtek) , Tysons Corner, Va., was awarded a firm-fixed-price task order valued at $52.6 million. OBXtek is a service-disabled, veteran-owned, small business providing Information Technology and communications support services through the GSA Alliant SB Governmentwide Acquisition Contract . OBXtek will perform base communication and information technology services at Arnold AFB and at two geographically separated units in Maryland and California. OBXtek is subcontracting with Abacus Technology Corporation , Chevy Chase, Md.; DKW Communications, Incorporated < http://dkwcommunications.com>, Washington D.C.; and Sedona Technologies < http://www.sedonatek.com >, Moline, Ill. The period of performance is five years - one base year, and four one-year option periods - in addition to a 90-day phase-in period. The phase-in period is set to begin July 1, with performance beginning October 1.