SAIC is positioned to retain the Transportation Security Administration’s upcoming operational test and evaluation contract. A TSA post on the Acquisition Planning Forecast System on Thursday showed an upcoming recompete for its OT&E support services contract.
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Upcoming TSA Contract Opportunity
The Department of Homeland Security’s APFS signals that TSA will issue a recompete for its OT&E support services contract—currently held under a blanket purchase agreement—in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2027. A solicitation is expected on March 1, 2027, with potential completion by September 2032.
The anticipated contract will provide TSA with a full spectrum of OT&E services, including nationwide field demonstrations, data collection and analysis. Work will encompass developmental activities to support test planning and execution, preparation and verification of test articles, data capture and analysis, and participation in engineering change reviews.
The contract also calls for test personnel to conduct evaluations at airports, subject matter experts to assess cyber resilience and human factors specialists to perform human systems integration reviews. These resources are essential for TSA’s operational testing of new and enhanced security screening technologies, such as credential authentication systems, explosives detection, prohibited items detection, and alarm resolution in both checkpoint and checked baggage environments.
SAIC’s OT&E Experience Under TSA
SAIC, the incumbent provider, has a track record of successive awards supporting TSA’s OT&E missions:
September 2022: SAIC was awarded a $150 million BPA for OT&E Support Services. As of August 2025, 53 percent of the BPA ceiling has been used—nearly $80 million obligated—with a funded backlog of about $2.3 million.
August 2020: TSA awarded SAIC a $40 million BPA for operational testing support, including planning, data collection and analysis.
Notable Sub-Awards Under 2022 BPA
Recent FPDS entries show continued delivery through smaller task orders:
December 2024: BPA totaling $1.7 million under OT&E vehicle for TSA’s Credentialing, Screening & Intelligence Analysis division.
February 2024: Task order worth $306,000 under the same BPA for operational testing.
