Parsons books $1.8B FAA technical support contract

Parsons Corp. has booked the potential 10-year, $1.8 billion follow-on of a technical support services contract with the Federal Aviation Administration that the company has worked on since 2001.

This fifth iteration of the Technical Support Services Contract supports the FAA’s Aviation System Capital Investment Plan, a five-year blueprint of priorities and efforts by the agency to modernize systems and programs it leans on for managing U.S. civilian airspace.

Examples of priorities the FAA called out in that plan include replacements of and improvements of air traffic control facilities, electric power system upgrades, infrastructure sustainment, en route automation, data communications, terminal automation and enabling unmanned aircraft flight.

Work under the new TSSC contract will take place over an initial four-year base period and up to a pair of three-year option periods, Parsons said Wednesday. The FAA finalized the award on March 30, according to Federal Procurement Data System records.

“Through this new award, we’ll continue to leverage our engineering, infrastructure, and project management expertise to support the FAA in sustaining their global aviation leadership and modernizing the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world," Jon Moretta, president of Parsons' engineered systems, said in a release.

Parsons' services under the contract include project management, infrastructure modernization, systems and equipment installation and testing at more than 600 locations. The company also performs health, environmental, engineering and fire protection services.

The FAA stands to be a significant recipient of funds from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act enacted in 2021 with $1.2 trillion in authorized spending for all projects at the federal, state, local and tribal levels.

During the third quarter of 2022, the FAA allocated $77 million in IIJA funds toward new project work under the contract held by Parsons.