USCG CEDISS

Overview

ValidaTek holds USCG CEDISS through CVTEK, LLC, a joint venture partnership. CVTEK, LLC is a prime contractor for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, and Intelligence (C5I) Service Center (C5ISC) Engineering Development, Integration, and Support Services (CEDISS) vehicle.

C5ISC Mission

The C5ISC is responsible for the development, integration, deployment, sustainment, and enhancement of advanced electronic Command and Control (C2), communications, and navigation systems. The C5ISC facilitates continuous improvement engineering that focuses on the rapid deployment of essential functionality, followed by planned improvements based on enhanced or refined requirements.

CVTEK Support Services

As a CEDISS contract holder, CVTEK provides the C5ISC qualified personnel with the required knowledge and experience, equipment, test instrumentation, system performance information collection and analysis, and other technical services to support the design, development, integration, testing, operational evaluation, modification, upgrade, and technical refresh of C5ISC and electronic systems.

Multi-Mission Focus

The systems developed and supported by the C5ISC focus on:

• Law Enforcement
• Search and Rescue
• Maritime Mobility
• Marine Safety
• Defense Readiness
• Marine Environmental Protection
• Ports, Waterways and Coastal Security

These systems range in complexity, from multi-tiered networks of computers, radars, navigation receivers, satellite and radio-based communication links installed on board Coast Guard Cutters or a web-based Information Management Systems (IMS), to systems interfacing a commercial maritime radar with an electronic chart plotter on a small boat.

About Our Joint Venture

CVTEK is an SBA-approved mentor-protégé joint venture between Choisys Technology, Inc. (protégé) and ValidaTek, Inc. (mentor), formed to provide mission-critical IT support for the Federal Government's evolving mission requirements.

Choisys is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and SBA-certified 8(a) Business Development Program participant. ValidaTek brings nearly 20 years of proven federal experience to the partnership.

Quality is central to CVTEK. Our joint venture members' ISO 9001, ISO 20000-1, and ISO 27001 certifications and CMMI Level 5 appraisals for both Services and Development reflect our commitment to discipline, customer service, and excellence.