More Info on the SFO Contract Bid

We heard from an extremely reliable source that the top brass at TSA were not at all happy with Akal Security posting that advertisement in the Chronicle. They were so upset that they sent a letter to Washington requesting that Akal cease and desist.

Also according to this source, Covenant is extremely likely, in their opinion, to be awarded the contract again. The source stated that it's very difficult for another company be able to take over the contract from an incumbent. The main concern for TSA is that the awarded contract goes to a company that can demonstrate they are up to the task and have the financial backing to handle all the finances that go along with it. And this is something that Covenant has been able to demonstrate.

What was most curious to this source is why Akal did this. Were they just trying to be proactive and show to TSA that they have what it takes? We don't know. It seems to have done the opposite.

The source also told us that not nearly as many companies bid on the contract as they thought would. There were only a handful of companies that are bidding, one being Excalibur which already has a relationship with Covenant and TSA at SFO. As some of you know, Ed Peres, the auditor that goes around to checkpoints and bag rooms auditing us on SOP, works for Excalibur.

We were told that if another company were to be awarded the contract, we'd find out in August or beginning of September.