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Leidos Gets $988M NGA Contract for IT Management Support; Tim Reardon Comments


Tim Reardon

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has received a potential five-year, $988 million contract to provide information technology management services for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

NGA awarded the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract under the Information Technology Enterprise Management User Facing Services program that aims to deliver critical service offerings to mission users, Leidos said Thursday.

“This opportunity strengthens our partnership with NGA, and we look forward to continuing our collaboration in support of the GEOINT mission,” said Tim Reardon, president of Leidos™ defense and intelligence business.

Leidos will help NGA shift from current contracts, carry out special orders in support of mission requirements, manage UFS-related sustainment and operations work and migrate to a future desktop environment platform designed for the intelligence community.

 

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