Leidos receives $918M Homeland Security contract

Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor Leidos has received a follow-on contract valued up to $918 million to support and enhance the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s networks, the company announced Thursday.

The Homeland Enterprise Information Technology Secure Services and Support (HEITS) contract was awarded Aug. 15. The cost-plus-award-fee, single-award contract has a one-year base and six additional one-year options that bring the contract value up to $918 million if all are exercised.

Under the contract, Leidos will provide program management, operations and maintenance, systems engineering, training, information assurance and classified and unclassified cloud computing capabilities integration and services to DHS. The work is expected to enable continued evolution of the Homeland Secure Data Network and the department’s classified local area network. The company expects to also enhance or replace existing network components with newer technologies to maximize performance. Additionally, Leidos will use an AI for an IT operations platform to respond to operational anomalies and help eliminate issues before users are impacted.

The award continues Leidos’ work for DHS under the Secure Enterprise Network Systems, Services & Support (SENS3) contract. Under SENS3, Leidos helps the agency maintain a secure classified information sharing infrastructure that is interoperable across DHS and partner classified environments.

“This contract continues our strong relationship with DHS,” Leidos Intelligence Group President Roy Stevens said in a statement. “By supporting cross-agency intelligence sharing and secure collaboration for federal and civilian agencies, we’ll help DHS accomplish their mission of safeguarding the homeland. Our team will be focused on delivering capabilities like quantum resistant cryptography, artificial intelligence operations, robotic process automation and classified cloud service integration.”