News Get the latest company news and announcements. PenBay Media Wins GSA VETS 2 Task Order to provide Web Support Services for the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) at the National Science Foundation (NSF)May 21, 2020Penobscot Bay Media LLC (PenBay Media), a service-disabled veteran owned small business (SDVOSB), headquartered in Union Hall, Virginia, won a task order under their GSA VETS 2 prime contract to provide web support services to the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) at the National Science Foundation (NSF), located in Alexandria, VA. The task order is valued at approximately $10M. Under this task order award, which is for a 24-month base period and two 12-month option periods, PenBay Media will provide web programming and design services to maintain, modify, and enhance the existing NCSES web presence. The NCSES publishes approximately 50 publications and online products per year and maintains a website with online resources and database systems. The website contains data and information in a variety of formats, including data tables, data tools, and applications for online data interaction. All the NCSES’s reports are released in electronic format. The NCSES posts its reports on NSF’s centrally administered web servers (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/ and https://ncses.nsf.gov/). Support for this work is critical for the NCSES to meet its mandate. The NCSES has shifted to automation for electronic publishing with its custom-built Content Management System (CMS), which has been developed by PenBay Media under a previously awarded delivery order utilizing their GSA IT Schedule 70 contract. Robert Santmyer, PenBay Media’s President & CEO, said, “We are extremely pleased the National Science Foundation has chosen PenBay Media to continue to provide the NCSES with web support services. We take great pride in the high quality of service we provide to our Government clients, and this award demonstrates recognition for our dedication to excellence.”...Read more...Ann S. Yahner Retires; Bob Santmyer Takes the HelmOctober 1, 2019Penobscot Bay Media, LLC (PenBay Media), announces the retirement of Ann S. Yahner, US Navy Capt. (Retired), as majority owner and President. Ann was at the helm of PenBay Media for more than 20 years. Mr. Robert (Bob) Santmyer has acquired Ann’s majority interest in PenBay Media and will serve as the company’s President & CEO effective October 1, 2019. Bob, a US Air Force veteran, is a VA-verified service-disabled veteran, allowing PenBay Media to continue to do business as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). Bob is a seasoned executive with more than 25 years of hands-on, executive-level experience in delivering high-quality IT services and solutions to federal, state and local, and commercial customers. Bob’s experience includes growing revenue for both small and large businesses while leading efforts to deliver new technologies. Since 2011 he has been instrumental in PenBay Media’s business growth. He is looking forward to continuing to lead the company’s growth in the years to come....Read more...PenBay Media Hires New Director of Finance, Accounting & ComplianceDecember 3, 2018December 3, 2018 Penobscot Bay Media, LLC (PenBay Media) is pleased to announce our new Director of Finance, Accounting & Compliance, Jason Korn. Jason has over 16 years of professional and industry experience in the areas of management, systems consulting, technical accounting, system optimization and accounting operations, supporting both Federal Government contracting-focused and commercial companies. Jason will be leading PenBay Media’s efforts to ensure that all finances and accounting are, and will remain, in compliance with Federal Government contracting requirements, positioning the company for continued growth....Read more...PenBay Media part of two winning teams on $12B Army ITES3S contractNovember 28, 2018PenBay Media is pleased to be on two winning teams for the $12B Army Information Technology Enterprise Solutions 3 Services (ITES 3S) IDIQ contract. We are on SAIC’s team in the unrestricted track and Apogee team in the small business track....Read more...Penobscot Bay Media LLC (PenBay Media) team selected for 5-year U.S. Joint Staff contractNovember 21, 2018ROCKLAND, ME, November 20, 2018 – Maine-based technology contractor Penobscot Bay Media LLC is a subcontractor teamed with one of the five companies selected for the new Joint Force Development Services (JS MAC) contract. PenBay Media will be working with SAIC to compete for task orders on this multiple-award contract commencing May 1, 2019. The contract provides joint force development services, including IT services, to the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, J-7. “PenBay Media and SAIC have been developing and supporting web-based software for the Joint Staff for over ten years, and we hope to continue this work under the new contract,” said Ann Yahner, Penobscot Bay Media’s President. “Our innovative software creates efficiencies for the government and is currently used across various U.S. military services.”...Read more...Penobscot Bay Media LLC (PenBay Media) wins General Services Administration (GSA) Enterprise Web Conferencing ContractSeptember 26, 2018ROCKLAND, ME, Sep. 25, 2018 – Maine-based technology contractor Penobscot Bay Media LLC has been awarded a 5-year task order contract to provide Enterprise Web Conferencing Services to the General Services Administration (GSA), headquartered in Washington, DC. Valued at approximately $9.5 million, this task order award was made under the GSA VETS 2 contract awarded to PenBay Media earlier this year. VETS 2 is GSA’s $5 billion IT services contract vehicle reserved only for service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses. There are 70 awardees of the GSA VETS 2 contract. Effective November 1, 2018, PenBay Media will be providing a Cloud Computing-based Enterprise Web Conferencing solution, to include support services required to transition, deploy, operate, maintain, and safeguard GSA’s enterprise-wide Web Conferencing environment. “PenBay Media is very pleased that GSA has selected us to provide our solution for their Enterprise Web Conferencing needs,” said Ann Yahner, Penobscot Bay Media’s President. “Along with our teaming partners, we are looking forward to providing GSA with a cost-effective, yet innovative platform that will be used by the many thousands of personnel that will be accessing this Enterprise Web Conferencing platform annually.” To learn more about GSA please visit http://www.gsa.gov/. To learn more about PenBay Media please visit http://www.penbaymedia.com/. Further information about the VETS 2 contract can be found on PenBay Media’s website at http://www.penbaymedia.com/government-contracting/vets2/....Read more...Penobscot Bay Media LLC (PenBay Media) awarded five year contract for GIS support to the U.S. Department of Veterans AffairsSeptember 16, 2018ROCKLAND, ME, September 15, 2018 – Maine-based technology contractor Penobscot Bay Media LLC has been awarded a five-year follow-on contract to provide GIS (Geographic Information System) mapping and analysis services to the U.S. National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics (NCVAS), part of the Department of Veterans Affairs. This contract award was made as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business set aside. PenBay Media, with subcontractor Altarum, Inc., has been providing GIS support to NCVAS for the past five years and will continue this work under the new contract commencing September 16, 2018. NCVAS provides data and statistics on the Veteran population to support VA leadership on operational and policy issues including delivery of benefits and services to Veterans. “PenBay Media is pleased to have the opportunity to continue our GIS work for NCVAS,” said Ann Yahner, Penobscot Bay Media’s President. To learn more about NCVAS please visit https://www.va.gov/vetdata/. To learn more about PenBay Media please visit http://www.penbaymedia.com/....Read more...PenBay Media wins U.S. Army Cadet Command Information Technology Support Services contractAugust 14, 2018ROCKLAND, ME, Aug. 14, 2018 – Maine-based technology contractor Penobscot Bay Media LLC has been awarded a 3-year task order contract to provide Information Technology (IT) support services to the U.S. Army Cadet Command (USACC), headquartered at Fort Knox, KY. Valued at approximately $20 million, this task order award was made under the General Services Administration’s (GSA) VETS 2 contract awarded to PenBay Media earlier this year. VETS 2 is GSA’s $5 billion IT services contract vehicle reserved only for service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses. There are 70 awardees of the GSA VETS 2 contract. The USACC is responsible for oversight of all U.S. Army Senior and Junior Level Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC). Under this contract PenBay Media will ensure the Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Information Management (C4IM) needs of the USACC are met. “PenBay Media is thrilled to be able to bring our federal government IT support services expertise to the U.S. Army Cadet Command,” said Ann Yahner, Penobscot Bay Media’s President. “We are looking forward to providing the Cadet Command the IT personnel necessary to assist them in successfully accomplishing their mission of developing future leaders of our military.” To learn more about the U.S. Army Cadet Command please visit http://www.cadetcommand.army.mil/. To learn more about PenBay Media please visit http://www.penbaymedia.com/. Further information about the VETS 2 contract can be found on PenBay Media’s website at http://www.penbaymedia.com/government-contracting/vets2/....Read more...PenBay Media to Participate on $5B Federal IT Contract Vehicle for Veteran-Owned Small BusinessesNovember 16, 2017ROCKLAND, ME, Nov. 16, 2017 – Maine-based technology contractor Penobscot Bay Media is an awardee on the General Services Administration’s new $5 billion IT services contract vehicle reserved only for service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses. GSA announced 70 awards for the Veterans Technology Services 2 (VETS 2) contract out of a pool of 187 proposals. Awardees will have the opportunity to bid on federal government task orders in the areas of data management, information and communications technology, IT operations and maintenance, software development, systems design, and new and emerging technologies. PenBay Media was also an awardee on the previous VETS contract vehicle in 2006. “Penobscot Bay Media is pleased to be part of the VETS 2 program,” said Ann Yahner, Penobscot Bay Media’s President. “As a small business, we are proud of our track record in federal contracting. This award further demonstrates our capabilities to support federal government IT initiatives, and provides an opportunity for company growth.” Further information about the VETS 2 contract can be found on PenBay Media’s website at http://www.penbaymedia.com/government-contracting/vets2/. ...Read more...NSF Awards 31-Month Extension to PenBay Media for Web SupportFebruary 28, 2017February 28, 2017 – PenBay Media has been awarded a 31-month contract extension to continue our work at the National Science Foundation, National Center for Science & Engineering Statistics (NCSES) through April 2020. PenBay Media has been providing web support to the NCSES since October 2012. Our team develops and maintains the public NCSES website and related web applications, including user interface design, information architecture, data visualizations, graphic design, web application development, quality assurance, and technical guidance. PenBay Media has supported the operation and enhancement of the NCSES public website since 2012 by providing effective project management, technical expertise, recommendations that are both innovative and reflective of best practices, and high quality implementations. In 2013, we deployed a responsive, mobile-friendly design on the NCSES website that became a model for NSF. In 2015, we successfully implemented a web content archiving process and system, interfacing with a third-party archiving site, that reduced the number of site files by 69% and facilitates the upkeep of pages and site security. PenBay Media helped NCSES transform its 2016 bi-annual report to Congress, Science and Engineering Indicators from a primarily printed publication into a digital-first publication (read our case study at http://www.penbaymedia.com/experience/project-science-engineering-indicators-2016-website/). Using an agile scrum approach, PenBay Media is developing a custom web content management system for authoring, review, editing, tracking, and publishing of all NCSES publications including handling of tabular scientific data, interactive data visualizations, templating, and complex workflows....Read more...Penobscot Bay Media LLC (PenBay Media) Wins Information Assurance Contract Supporting the U.S. Air ForceOctober 17, 2016October 17, 2016 – Penobscot Bay Media LLC (PenBay Media), a Maine-based service-disabled veteran owned small business (SDVOSB) and economically disadvantaged woman-owned small business (EDWOSB) recently won a contract to provide Information Assurance (IA) services to the 6th Civil Engineering Squadron at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL. Under this contract, which is for a 12-month base period and a 5-month option period, PenBay Media will be working closely with the U.S. Air Force Designated Approval Authority (DAA) in obtaining Authority to Operate (ATO) Certification & Accreditation (C&A) using the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF) for key Industrial Control Systems (ICSs) located on MacDill Air Force Base....Read more...New VP of Business Development & Capture ManagementOctober 1, 2016PenBay Media is pleased to announce our new Vice President of Business Development and Capture Management, Robert (Bob) Santmyer. After working with PenBay Media part time for several years in a business development role, Bob is now joining the company full time. Bob is a seasoned executive with more than 25 years of hands-on executive-level experience in delivering high-quality IT services and solutions to federal, state and local, and commercial customers. Bob’s experience includes growing revenue for both small and large businesses while leading efforts to deliver new technologies, such as MAXM Systems’ Enterprise Systems Management platform, or developing new markets, such as ChoicePoint’s Fusion Center initiative where Bob integrated 5 distinct business units to deliver a holistic information sharing approach for regionally-based counter-terrorism centers. Bob is also an Air Force veteran, where he served for 5 years as a Telecommunications Specialist. He can be reached by email at rsantmyer@penbaymedia.com and on Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/robertvsantmyer....Read more...PenBay Media Assists in Successful Digital Transformation of National Science Foundation’s Biennial Report to CongressJanuary 29, 2016Jan 29, 2016– Maine-based technology company Penobscot Bay Media is proud to have played a significant role in the first fully digital Science & Engineering Indicators report to Congress, publicly released by the National Science Board on January 29, 2016 at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/2016/nsb20161. PenBay Media designed and developed the new website and the content management system behind it, as a contractor to the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) in the National Science Foundation. The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) prepares the Science & Engineering Indicators report every two years in compliance with a congressional mandate. In the past, the report was primarily distributed as a printed publication with an accompanying website added in recent years. For 2016, the agency decided to change to a fully digital report. Previously, the printed report and PDF were available first, followed a few weeks later by the online version of the report; this year, for the first time, the entire report was released at one time as an online publication, with PDF download and printing options. No printed copies were distributed. With the goal of fully transforming the publication to a digital experience, PenBay Media worked with NCSES to design and develop a new, responsive website and a custom content management system to handle the complex requirements for managing and displaying text and data in multiple formats on the website. The website offers users the option to save parts of the report or the entire report as a PDF for printing on their own. The website also includes hundreds of data tables and dynamic data visualizations that can be viewed online, downloaded, or shared. A new “related topics” feature helps users to find information across the report related to a specific topic such as “comparisons by age” or “distance education”. “Without the dedicated work and flexibility of , we would never have been able to launch Indicators as a primarily digital product,” praised Robin Pentola, the Web Manager overseeing the website contract at NCSES. “I appreciate the enormous efforts put forth by the team throughout the past 12 months.” Initial public feedback about the new report website has been very positive. PenBay Media will continue working with NCSES over the coming year to plan enhancements for the next version of the Science & Indicators publication to be released in January 2018, as well as to extend the capabilities of the web content management system to other publications produced by NCSES....Read more...PenBay Media in the News: PenBay Media to double employees under FAA training contractSeptember 29, 2015Maine business publication MaineBiz interviewed PenBay Media President Ann Yahner about the company’s part in a new contract with the Federal Aviation Administration. The multi-million dollar contract, which the FAA awarded to Science Applications International Corp., is for providing training and support services under the FAA Controller Training Contract in the United States. Penobscot Bay Media, also known PenBay Media, is a subcontractor on the SAIC team for the project. Read the full article: PenBay Media to double employees under FAA training contract...Read more...Praise for Our GIS Work at EPA in ESRI’s ArcWatchJune 22, 2015June 22, 2015 – Read about our GIS work at the Environmental Protection Agency in Philadelphia in the June 15 issue of ESRI’s ArcWatch: “The services provided by PenBay Media and GISi continue to help EPA scientists make better, more educated decisions by using the ArcGIS platform. These companies have improved the way project managers coordinate staff assignments. Moreover, PenBay Media and GISi serve the EPA by providing the agency with spatial insights and helping it get the most out of its GIS at the program level.” Read the full article: http://www.esri.com/esri-news/arcwatch/0615/epa-keeps-it-clean...Read more...PenBay Media and SAIC selected as GSA Mentor-Protege of the YearMay 26, 2015May 26, 2015 – PenBay Media announced today that it received the General Services Administration (GSA) Mentor-Protégé of the Year Award during the 2015 GSA Mentor Protégé Awards Ceremony held on May 13 in Washington, D.C. The award recognizes outstanding mentor-protege teams formed under the GSA’s Mentor-Protege program. Frank Yahner of PenBay Media accepted the award at a ceremony in Washington, DC “Penobscot Bay Media has benefited greatly from the high-level expertise and guidance from our mentor, SAIC,” said PenBay Media President Ann Yahner. “Their generosity and in-depth mentoring has proven critical in our ability to grow and pursue more opportunities in the Federal arena, especially as a prime contractor.” “During our mentor-protege relationship we have doubled the revenue of the company and added numerous highly skilled employees both in Maine and several other states.” “We are pleased to see PenBay Media grow, win business, and perform effectively,” said SAIC Sector President Nazzic Keene. “We are proud to help our Protégés develop their business and technical capabilities to successfully compete for prime and subcontract awards. It’s a win for us, for PenBay Media, and the U.S. government.” The Mentor-Protégé Program, sponsored by GSA’s Office of Small Business Utilization, encourages the pairing of GSA prime contractors with smaller companies, including disadvantaged, women-owned, historically underutilized business zoned, veteran-owned, and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. In so doing, GSA promotes the business development of small businesses and enhances their capability to compete more successfully for federal government contracts and gain access to economic opportunities....Read more...Penobscot Bay Media to Participate in FAA Controller Training ContractMay 12, 2015May 12, 2015– Maine-based technology company Penobscot Bay Media announced that it is a subcontractor on the team selected for a new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic controller training contract. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to provide all training and training program support services under the FAA Controller Training Contract (CTC). The single-award, firm-fixed-price and time and materials contract has a three-year period of performance, and two one-year options. Penobscot Bay Media will participate on the contract as a subcontractor with responsibility for instructional support at several sites in the six states that make up New England. “Penobscot Bay Media is pleased to be on the SAIC team to support the FAA’s training program and critical mission in aviation safety,” said Frank Yahner, Penobscot Bay Media’s Director of Operations. “As a Maine small business, we are proud of our track record in federal contracting and our successful partnership with SAIC. This contract further demonstrates our capabilities to support large-scale Federal government initiatives, and provides a significant opportunity for company growth.” During the period of performance, the FAA expects to hire as many as 6,000 new air traffic controllers to replace a retiring workforce. Under the contract, SAIC and its partners, including Penobscot Bay Media, will provide support services to the FAA Academy and Air Traffic Control (ATC) Facilities to help FAA fulfill controller training requirements. These services include program management support; classroom training; simulation and laboratory training; monitoring of student progress; training development, maintenance and revision; air traffic training program support; administrative support; and innovation support....Read more...
