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Homeland Security

Contract Awards

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, October 1st, 2019

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Contract Awards

Rapiscan’s 620DV AT-2 X-Ray System. Leidos will support provide logistics support for this and other checkpoint systems. Photo: OSI Systems

TSA Awards Leidos $927M for Integrated Logistics Support The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has awarded Leidos [LDOS] a potential $926.6 million contract to provide integrated logistics support for transportation security equipment at airport security checkpoints. Leidos is the incumbent contractor for the work. In the fall of 2017, TSA awarded a potential five-year $578 million contract to Peraton for the checkpoint ILS work but a subsequent protest by Leidos halted that work. TSA eventually withdrew its contract to Peraton and…

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