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SAIC Nabs $973 Million CBP Award To Aid Threat Assessments

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, November 17th, 2020

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SAIC Nabs $973 Million CBP Award To Aid Threat Assessments

Bob Genter, president of SAIC's Defense and Civilian Sector. Photo: SAIC

Science Applications International Corp. [SAIC] on Tuesday said it won a potential $973 million task order from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue operating and maintaining a targeting and analysis system used by the agency to identity threats posed by travelers and cargos entering the U.S. The incumbent contractor for the Targeting and Analysis Systems Programs Directorate (TASPD) information technology operations, maintenance and upgrades task order was Unisys Federal, which SAIC acquired earlier this year from Unisys [UIS]. The…

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