Leidos announced that their Defense Enclave Services (DES) contract awarded by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) was upheld by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) after a thorough and disciplined review. The single-award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract was initially awarded in February 2022 and holds a total estimated value of $11.5 billion if all options are exercised. It includes a four-year base period of performance followed by three two-year option periods.
“We are pleased the Government Accountability Office has affirmed the Defense Information Systems Agency’s award,” said Gerry Fasano, Leidos Defense Group President. “Leidos is deeply committed to DISA’s critical mission, and never stopped preparing for the program’s success. Our robust and continuous preparation has positioned us to start delivering benefits to the user base on or ahead of the current planned schedule, and we look forward to leveraging our decades of technological expertise to support mission success.”
Through the DES contract, Leidos will support DISA’s mission by consolidating enterprise IT services at a global scale and by providing standardized, responsive and cost-effective solutions. The program involves a wide range of IT services for more than 370,000 users spanning 22 Department of Defense (DoD) agencies and field activities with over 500 sites both in the U.S. and abroad. This work will focus on mission value and user experience, while improving cybersecurity, network availability, and reliability for Fourth Estate agencies.
DISA is headquartered at Fort George G. Meade in Maryland and supports joint warfighters, national level leaders, and other mission and coalition partners across the full spectrum of military operations with information sharing capabilities, command and control solutions and global enterprise infrastructure.
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Leidos is No. 209 on Forbes’ list of America’s Best Employers for New Grads. The list ranks large companies “most liked” by entry level workers based on company image, inclusion and diversity, opportunities for advancement and more. Only 300 companies made the list, which represents roughly the top 1% of U.S. companies with more than a thousand employees.
Dale Rimmey, who leads the Leidos college recruiting program, said the ability to work in a variety of fields from space exploration to military AI to healthcare technology is a major selling point for the company.
“Young people want to make a difference in the world,” he said. “When they learn about our culture and mission to help make the world safer, healthier and more efficient, they really start to see themselves here.”
Leidos has hired more than 700 interns and 600 new college grads so far this year and plans to exceed 1,400 total college hires by the end of the year. Rimmey said his team actively recruits at nearly 40 colleges and hires in the largest numbers from the University of Maryland, University of Virginia, University of Central Florida, Virginia Tech and George Mason University.
“The energy, ideas and new ways of thinking that young grads bring to our company are very real,” he said. “When we merge them with our experts with decades of experience, they often discover exciting and innovative solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing our world today.”
