KBR wins $200M Transportation IT support recompete

KBR has won a five-year, $200 million blanket purchase agreement to continue its IT and professional support work at a key Transportation Department hub focused on research and study programs.

The Volpe National Transportation Systems Center focuses on modernization efforts related to physical safety, cybersecurity, environmental impacts and traffic management. Approximately 600 federal employees work at the Volpe Center, whose primary mission is to advance innovation and help transform the future of transportation systems.

Transportation awarded the pact on Thursday and received four proposals, according to Sam.gov records.

NASA and the Defense Department are examples of other federal agencies that work with the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Volpe Center. State and local governments, industry and academia also draw on Volpe’s expertise in human factors research, system design, resource allocation and other key aspects of transportation and logistics.

A sources sought notice from July 2024 breaks out the work KBR will continue performing into five primary functional areas:

• Technology assessments and modernization
• System analysis, development, deployment, field support and analytical research analysis
• System and enterprise architectures and frameworks
• Lab facility and operations support
• Management and administrative support

KBR can trace its incumbency back to 2010, when Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies first won the work. KBR inherited that contract in 2018 through its acquisition of SGT and won the recompete in 2021.

GovTribe data indicates Transportation has obligated $148.3 million in task order volume against the current contract, which is slated to expire on March 31.

In the fall of 2025, KBR announced its intention to spin off the company's government services business into an independent publicly-traded company.