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Briefing

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, January 12th, 2016

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The Transportation Security Administration has awarded Engility a $500,000 modification to an existing task order under the agency’s Testing Evaluation Support Services indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract, bringing the total value of the company’s task order to $1.8 million. Engility beat Battelle for the additional work, which includes validation of rates and standards among various checkpoints across the U.S.Precise Biometrics has received a $130,000 order from the Defense Logistics Agency for its Tactivo mobile smart card readers for iOS devices.…

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