Operational Test and Evaluation Support Services (OTSS) - Testand Evaluation Division (TED)

Forecast Recompete Updated

Agency
Solicitation expected
Estimated value
$100,000,000
Set-aside
No set-aside

Forecast facts

Anticipated award
Through
Acquisition strategy
Follow-on to Existing Contract
NAICS code
541330 Engineering Services
Place of performance
Arlington, VA
Forecast number
F2026075571
Points of contact

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 a contract for Operational Test and Evaluation Support Services under a BPA (FAR Part 8 or 13), with solicitation release estimated for March 1, 2027, and award anticipated for September 16, 2027. The contract encompasses operational test and evaluation activities, agency-wide field demonstration, data collection and analysis, test preparation and execution, development and verification of test articles, and engineering change reviews, with work focused on evaluating new and improved security screening technologies including credential authentication systems, explosives detection, prohibited items detection, and alarm resolution capabilities in checkpoint and checked baggage screening environments. The contractor will deploy test personnel to airport locations, provide subject matter experts for cyber resilience testing, and furnish human factors experts for human system integration assessment.

The estimated award value is $100 million for a period of performance from September 16, 2027, through September 15, 2032. Performance takes place in Arlington County, Virginia. This is a follow-on to the existing contract held by Science Applications International Corporation, classified under NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services). Contact Shirelle Richardson at shirelle.richardson@tsa.dhs.gov or (571) 227-5491, or Suet-ying (Annie) So at suet-ying.so@tsa.dhs.gov or (202) 329-7447; the contracting office is ACQ04 Security Technology Acquisition Division (STAD).

Forecast text

Provides the TSA with Operational Test and Evaluation activities, agency wide field demonstration, data collection and analysis services. It includes developmental

activities that enable test preparation, test execution, development of test articles, verification of test articles, data capture, test analysis, and related engineering change reviews. It provides test personnel to support test execution in airports, subject matter experts for cyber resilience testing and human factor experts for human system integration assessment. Provides essential technical resources to conduct operational testing at airport locations for system evaluation of new and improved security screening technologies, including credential authentication systems, explosives detection, prohibited items detection and alarm resolution in checkpoint and checked baggage screening.

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