- Each requirement carries an estimated value of $50 million to $100 million
- SAIC and Analytical Services and Materials hold the incumbent BPAs
- Solicitations are estimated for January 2027, with awards anticipated in the third quarter
The Transportation Security Administration has forecast two recompetes covering the testing of airport security equipment, each estimated at $50 million to $100 million and scheduled for award in the third quarter of fiscal 2027.
The agency published both entries Wednesday in the Department of Homeland Security’s Acquisition Planning Forecast System. Its integrated testing support services forecast lists Analytical Services and Materials as incumbent, with a solicitation estimated for Jan. 22, 2027, and performance running through May 13, 2032. The acceptance testing support services forecast lists SAIC as incumbent, with a solicitation estimated for Jan. 8, 2027, and performance through April 20, 2032. Both are planned as competitive blanket purchase agreements with no set-aside, and both carry contract types the agency has not yet determined.
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What Does Each Requirement Cover?
Acceptance testing encompasses factory, site, operational readiness, and verification testing for transportation security equipment at airport and manufacturing facilities, as well as test article development and logistics support. During fiscal 2025, about 1,660 acceptance tests were conducted at roughly 800 locations involving more than 20 equipment configurations across checkpoint and checked baggage environments.
Integrated testing covers the execution, assessment and reporting of integrated acceptance testing activities. Both requirements share the same underlying scope language: program management spanning resource allocation, reporting, scheduling, planning, data management and test coordination; software development for data capture and test analysis; and engineering change request preparation and review.
How Were the Current BPAs Awarded?
TSA awarded the two blanket purchase agreements in 2021, placing one as a small business set-aside to Analytical Services and Materials and the other on the unrestricted track to SAIC. The SAIC award carried a ceiling of up to $110 million and the Analytical Services agreement $81 million, Washington Technology reported.
Both drew protests. Battelle Memorial Institute challenged the SAIC award, while Joint Research and Development and Global Systems Technologies protested the award to Analytical Services, with all three arguing TSA had not properly evaluated proposals.
The current acceptance testing BPA runs under the General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule’s professional services technical and engineering services category and is scheduled to end Jan. 2, 2027. TSA issued a supplemental request for information on the acceptance testing recompete in September, saying it had not settled on contract type, vehicle or set-aside approach.
What Else Is TSA Recompeting?
The testing forecasts join a cluster of TSA acquisitions moving through the same window. The agency forecast a recompete in September for handling and disposing of hazardous materials left at airport checkpoints, also valued at $50 million to $100 million, with Leidos as incumbent. A solicitation is estimated for Jan. 11, 2027.
TSA separately awarded Leidos a contract worth up to $672.5 million last month to deploy checkpoint screening equipment, covering shipping, installation, relocation and decommissioning at airports, TSA laboratories and other government sites under an eight-year ordering period.
