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Contract Awards

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, February 5th, 2019

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OSI Systems Lands Turnkey Security Services Agreement with Guatemala OSI Systems [OSIS] says its S2 Global business received a 10-year contract to provide complete turnkey cargo screening services for the Port of Santo Tomas de Castilla. The value of the award wasn’t disclosed but officials said on the company’s second quarter earnings call in late January that it would be worth less than a similar turnkey services contract with Puerto Rico. OSI will collect revenue under the contract on a…

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