USSOCOM awards J-5 strategic-planning contract to MacAulay-Brown

U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) recently awarded MacAulay-Brown, Inc. (MacB), a multi-year Strategic Planning and Policy Directorate (J-5) contract following a protracted protest period.
 
MacB is a leading national security company known for its engineering services and product solutions. This contract will see the company’s geo-political and cultural subject matter personnel experts assisting in USSOCOM’s Strategic Planning and Policy process.
 
USSOCOM J-5 is tasked with developing strategy, policy and planning for Special Operations Forces (SOF) around the world, allowing for synchronized Overseas Contingency Operations. The command’s mission allows for international forces to cooperate toward strategic goals for various global and theater campaigns.
 
To assist this mission, MacB’s experts will provide program management, technical experience, analysis and even editorial support, as well as other required professional services. The contract calls for MacB to align all strategic and long-range planning with the Adaptive Planning and Execution (APEX) system.
 
“This win supporting SOCOM’s Strategy Division continues to demonstrate our ability to execute and deliver critical long-term strategic planning and policy expertise to our Combatant Command customers on a global scale," MacB Missions Systems Group Senior Vice President and General Manager Fred Norman said. “This is the first of what we hope will be many task orders under the SWMS-A contract.”