Covenant Aviation Security's contract extended for eight months

TSA announced on August 11 that Covenant Aviation Security and four other private companies that their contracts are being extended for eight months. This does not mean that Covenant and the others have been awarded long term contracts, it just means that TSA is extending the current contract while they allow for the competitive process to begin. A spokesperson from FirstLine Transportation Security, Inc. is quoted as saying, "TSA is giving itself some more time to make its decisions regarding the awards. The last time we were awarded a contract, there was also a bridge contract, so this isn’t unprecedented." FirstLine operates security for Kansas City International Airport. If you all remember, Kansas City is one of the other airports that Akal Security was trying to win, in addition to SFO.

I agree with the article and the spokesperson from FirstLine. There isn't much to read into this. It just allows TSA to do its bureaucratic thing as government bureaucracies often do.