Development Test and Evaluation Support Services (DTSS)
Forecast Recompete Updated
- Agency
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Transportation Security Administration
Department of Homeland Security
- Solicitation expected
- Estimated value
- $50,000,000 to $100,000,000
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Forecast facts
- Incumbent contract
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- 70T04021A7672N002 Federal IDV award held by Battelle Memorial Institute Ordering ends Feb 11, 2027 · Ceiling $90,000,000
- Previous solicitation
- Development Test and Evaluation Support Services Extension - 70T04021A7672N002 Limited / Sole Source Justification · JA-2026-04-1355 · Posted Aug 18, 2026
- Anticipated award
- Through
- Acquisition strategy
- Follow-on to Existing Contract
- NAICS code
- 541330 Engineering Services
- Place of performance
- Arlington, VA
- Forecast number
- F2026075563
- Points of contact
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- Nicholas Larounis nicholas.larounis@tsa.dhs.gov (571) 499-3190
- Shirelle Richardson shirelle.richardson@tsa.dhs.gov (571) 227-5491
Forecast details come from DHS's Acquisition Planning Forecast System. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.
About this forecast
The Transportation Security Administration is recompeting Development Test and Evaluation Support Services (DTSS), which provides testing support services and materials at the TSA Systems Integration Facility to conduct developmental and qualification test and evaluation of candidate transportation security equipment in compliance with the 2001 Aviation and Transportation Security Act. Solicitation release is estimated for February 1, 2027, with award anticipated May 3, 2027. The period of performance runs from May 3, 2027, through May 2, 2032.
The estimated award value ranges from $50 million to $100 million. Work is performed in Arlington County, Arlington, Virginia. The contract scope includes program management and core support services, as well as test and evaluation planning, execution, data collection, analysis, and reporting. Shirelle Richardson (shirelle.richardson@tsa.dhs.gov, 571-227-5491) serves as the requirements contact, with Nicholas Larounis (nicholas.larounis@tsa.dhs.gov, 571-499-3190) as alternate contact.
The recompeted award is Blanket Purchase Agreement 70T04021A7672N002, a single-award BPA to Battelle Memorial Institute with a $90 million ceiling, awarded August 12, 2021, with an ultimate completion date of February 11, 2027. The BPA provided developmental support services including program management and core support services, as well as test and evaluation planning, execution, data collection, analysis, and reporting, with performance in Columbus, Ohio and Washington, DC. In fiscal year 2024, Battelle invoiced $4.5 million across 17.8 FTEs, with subcontractors including Joint Research and Development, Insight Direct USA, Allied Automation, Agilent Technologies, and others providing 38 percent of hours.
Forecast text
Provides essential testing support services and materials at the TSASystems Integration Facility, providing critical resources necessary to conduct TSA’s ongoing missions for Developmental and Qualification Test and Evaluation, a process ofrigorously testing and evaluating candidate TSE being acquired to ensure they meet the specific requirements of TSA, and that TSA is compliant with statutory mandates of the 2001 Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA).
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