SAIC Receives $27M Extension for IT and Management Services for USCIS
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has awarded SAIC [SAIC] a $26.8 million contract extension to continue providing information technology and program management support services. SAIC will coordinate, direct, and oversee the design, development, integration, computer security accreditation and certification, computer security training and operation of the agency’s enterprise-wide IT infrastructure. SAIC has had the contract since 2010. The six-month extension is through June 27.
Smiths Detection to Supply Heathrow with EDS Systems
Smiths Detection says it has won a contract to supply Heathrow Airport in London with 17 HI-SCAN 10080 XCT X-ray inspection systems that check hold baggage for explosives. Deliveries will begin this summer. The company says the high-speed scanning system offers X-Ray technology and high-resolution computed tomography and will be used to inspect outsize baggage before loading into the aircraft. “The systems are no operating successfully in airports in South America and continental Europe,” says Richard Ingram, president of Smiths Detection. “Smiths Detection already provides all of Heathrow’s terminals with X-Ray screening and trace detection systems for hand luggage, and this latest award reinforces our close partnership.” The company says the HI-SCAN 10080 XCT systems meet the European Civil Aviation Conference Standard 3 requirements for detection, enabling Heathrow to be the first airport in Britain to meet the new European regulation.
Kratos Receives $17M for Mass Transit Command and Control Integration
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] says it has received a $17 million from a large U.S. mass transportation authority to design, engineer, deploy and integrate into command and control infrastructure a communications system to include network, audio, video and other related assets and elements. The public safety and security focused system will provide specialized audio, video and communication capabilities for rapid transit operations and rail related assets. The customer was not disclosed.
DHS Awards J. Diamond Group $48M for Guard Services
The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Protective Service has awarded Dallas-based J. Diamond Group a potential $48.2 million contract to provide protective security officer services throughout the Fort Worth/Austin, Texas, area. The company provides guard and protection services, and detective and armored car services.
Coast Guard Awards Bollinger $79 Million for Two FRCs
The Coast Guard has exercised a contract option with Bollinger Shipyards for the construction of two Fast Response Cutters (FRCs) for $79.2 million, bringing to 32 the number of Sentinel-class vessels the service has ordered from the shipbuilder. The delivery order is the final contract option in Phase I of the FRC program, which last Friday reentered a new competitive phase with the release of a Request for Proposal to build the remaining 26 vessels to fulfill the Coast Guard’s requirement for 58 of the patrol boats. The Coast Guard says the final option to Bollinger brings the total value of the company’s contract for 32 FRCs to $1.48 billion, which is $20 million less than the original ceiling. However, the original contract called for acquiring up to 36 FRCs in Phase I. The Coast Guard has already purchased the data rights from Bollinger for use by potential competitors in Phase II of the program.