Leidos to provide support services for US DoD

Leidos has received contract from Washington Headquarters Services (WHS) to provide engineering and technical support services to the US Department of Defense (DoD) corrosion prevention and mitigation programme.

Under the contract, the Leidos team will provide a wide range of acquisition, policy, sustaining engineering and technical support services across the DoD Corrosion Prevention and Mitigation programme’s focus areas.

With one-year period of performance and four option years, the multiple-award blanket purchase agreement has a ceiling value of approximately $50m for all awardees, if all options are exercised.

Work under the contract will be carried out in Washington, D.C. and the surrounding metro area.

The programme focus areas include policy and oversight; communications and outreach; specifications, standards, and qualification process; metrics, impact, and sustainment; science and technology; training and certification; and facilities.

Leidos group president James R. Moos said, "We recognize the severe impact corrosion can have on military equipment and infrastructure, so we look forward to providing our technical and policy expertise to help with corrosion prevention, control, and mitigation activities across the DoD."

The essential services provider for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), DoD agencies, and offices in the National Capital Region, WHS offers a wide range of centralised capabilities to US DoD headquarters, OSD, and DoD components.