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The infamous events of Sept. 11 have created an ambivalent boon for the region's security companies: While company executives wish it hadn't happened, business couldn't be better.
The most recent example comes at MVM, a Northern Virginia company that just won the biggest award in its history.
In mid-March, McLean-based MVM will take over security guard staffing for the National Institutes of Health - a deal, if all extension options are exercised, worth $100 million. MVM will be responsible for all of NIH's Maryland facilities, including its leafy, 300-acre Bethesda campus and the 17,000 people who work there. The company competed against six federal contractors for the $20 million-a-year job. The contract is good for one year and carries four one-year extension options.
David Chung, a program analyst for NIH's public safety division, says MVM was selected because the company offered the best value. While the contract extensions are not automatic, Chung says the deal is a...