The Transportation Security Administration has outlined two upcoming contract opportunities with a combined value of more than $150 million. Both efforts, published Friday in the Department of Homeland Security’s Acquisition Planning Forecast System, aim to strengthen the agency’s enterprise technology and operational support environment through long-term partnerships with industry.
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TSA IT Operations and Maintenance Services (NEXUS)
A forecast record, titled TSA IT Operations and Maintenance Services (NEXUS), carries an estimated value of more than $100 million. TSA intends to award a firm-fixed-price blanket purchase agreement in the second quarter of fiscal year 2026, with performance expected to run through May 2031.
The contract will provide secure, reliable and cost-effective IT operations and maintenance services across servers, enterprise applications, mobile platforms, networks, data hosting centers, operational support centers, cloud and artificial intelligence services, telecommunications, data analytics and information security.
The selected contractor will be responsible for providing day-to-day support to TSA’s voice, video and data systems, including the operation and maintenance of existing capabilities and the integration of new technologies developed by TSA engineering teams, as well as centralized help desk functions. The scope also calls for dedicated on-site support at designated locations, the execution of a service delivery model aligned with TSA requirements and program management services to meet cost, schedule and performance targets.
The anticipated work performance location is Springfield, Virginia.
TSA Enterprise Engineering & Architecture Services (TEAS)
The second requirement, titled TSA Enterprise Engineering & Architecture Services (TEAS), is valued between $50 million and $100 million. TSA expects to award the firm-fixed-price BPA in the second quarter of fiscal year 2026, also with a completion date of May 2031.
The contract will cover engineering, implementation and transition services for new projects and technologies across the TSA enterprise, including data centers, networks, cloud services, application development, anything as a service and other infrastructure components. The contractor will be tasked with designing and integrating new technologies into TSA’s operations and maintenance model, sustaining enterprise IT availability and ensuring service continuity.
Additional objectives include execution of an IT service delivery model that meets TSA standards, provision of program management services, and identification of cost- and risk-reducing enhancements to TSA infrastructure.
Work will take place in Springfield, Virginia.
