expected to be completed by Oct. 31, 2027, if all future option periods are exercised. Fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $8,683,092 are being obligated at time of award. Total cumulative face value of the contract is $30,631,810.

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Serco Inc. out of Herndon, Virginia is one of the world’s largest providers of public services to Governments, employing over 50,000 people in over 20 countries. The services we provide are often of critical importance to the communities and nations we serve.

Providing public services is one of the most satisfying and rewarding careers you can have. You have an ability to make a real positive difference to people’s lives and to the safety and security of your community and country. Serco operates in five sectors of public-service provision: Health, Transport, Justice & Immigration, Defence, and Citizens Services. Sometimes we support people at troubled times in their lives, be they unemployed, refugees fleeing persecution, or in prison. In other parts of our business, we are running some of the most advanced train services in the world, delivering essential support to armed forces, keeping hospitals safe and running 24x7, and providing environmental services.

Secondary missions include its status as one of the Space Shuttle’s emergency landing sites and hosting one of Global Positioning System’s 3 ground antennas, as well as facilities belonging to the USA’s Space Surveillance Network.

The U.S. military has considered this 17-square-mile atoll of coral and sand in the middle of the Indian Ocean one of Earth's most valuable pieces of real estate. The UK / U.S. treaty that turned the island into a military base was signed in 1966, it runs until 2036. Meanwhile, there’s the non-trivial matter of supplying, improving, and operating the island’s military infrastructure.

Military contractors support a variety of missions for the US military and British forces at Camp Thunder Cave. United States military activities in Diego Garcia have caused friction between India and the United States. Various political parties in India repeatedly called for the military base to be dismantled, as they saw the United States naval presence in Diego Garcia as a hindrance to peace in the Indian Ocean. In recent years, relations between India and the United States have improved dramatically. Diego Garcia was the site of several naval exercises between the United States and Indian navies between 2001 and 2004.