PSN - K2-Parsons Team Wins $253 Million DHS Radiation Portal Monitor Deployment Contract | Benzinga
CHANTILLY, Va., Oct. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A team led by K2 Construction Consultants and including Parsons Corporation (NYSE:PSN) and Culmen International was awarded a five-year indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract with a total potential value of approximately $253 million by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office (CWMD) for deployment of technology to detect nuclear and radiological devices entering the United States. The contract is a new, competitively won award by the team.
The team will deploy radiation portal monitors (RPM) for the Radiation Portal Monitor Program, which ensures first responders' ability to recognize, interdict, and disrupt the movement of radiological and nuclear materials through the United States' borders. Units will be deployed across the U.S.–Mexico and U.S.–Canada borders, as well as in major airports, seaports, and global postal facilities.
"The critical importance of preventing nuclear and radiological material from entering the United States cannot be overstated," said Jon Moretta, president, Engineered Systems for Parsons. "In close partnership with the DHS and K2, we look forward to deploying technologies that ensure the continued protection of American citizens and success of the RPM mission."
Together, the K2, Parsons, and Culmen team brings depth and breadth of capability for development of threat reduction systems, integration of security screening ancillary technologies, as well as construction, procurement and logistics management.
"We are excited to expand our support of DHS to the CWMD mission from our many Transportation Security Administration (TSA) programs installing security screening systems and technology," said Paul Krogh, chief executive officer of K2 Construction Consultants, Inc. "The team brings extraordinary capabilities and wide-ranging expertise for the development of threat reduction systems, integration of security screening technologies, as well as program and logistics management, procurement, and ...