The National Nuclear Security Administration intends to issue a contract modification extending by four months Synergy Solutions’ personnel security and facility clearance programs support services, according to a notice posted Monday. The notice said the contract would be awarded March 29 to the Oak Ridge, Tenn.-based company.
The work under this contract involves background investigations for applicants to the agency as well as the NNSA’s 49,000 contractor and federal employees with security clearances. The extension follows a bid protest filed after the NNSA awarded a follow-on deal for personnel security support services late last month, leading to a stay of performance on the new contract. The details of the bid protest and the follow-on contract award were not immediately clear.
The NNSA also last week awarded a $14.5 million contract to IntePros Federal, which will offer information technology support services to the agency’s Office of Information Management and the Chief Information Officer. The notice did not provide specific details about the work covered by the contract. The agency last contracted with Metrica Team Venture for those offices’ IT support services, which included site assessments of network security plans, network configuration, and risk analysis work.
The NNSA’s cybersecurity program receives approximately $132.5 million annually and is supported by roughly 20 federal employees and 85 headquarters contractors. The agency’s chief information officer recently said the cyber program is strong and has not faced any major incidents over the last few years.
