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Pentagon Agency Awards CACI, Peraton $2.3 Billion For Background Investigation Services

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2023

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Pentagon Agency Awards CACI, Peraton $2.3 Billion For Background Investigation Services

Former Peraton Chairman, President and CEO Stu Shea. Photo: Peraton

Peraton on Tuesday said it has received a potential $2.3 billion contract from the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) to provide background investigations services. CACI International [CACI] also won a spot on the contract. The new five-year award was made in December and is separate from a potential $474 million, five-year contract DCSA awarded the company in 2021 to create a modernized, central platform designed to transform the background check process. The earlier award represented new work for the…

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