Computer Sciences Can Bid for Government Missions

Computer Sciences Corp. said Tuesday that it has won the right to compete for State Department contracts worth as much as $1.75 billion to send police and other workers to conflict zones around the world.

The company’s DynCorp International division will recruit 2,000 law-enforcement workers and compete for missions in support of a State Department program to keep law and order in places recovering from war, the company said.

Computer Sciences, headquartered in El Segundo, based the value of the work it believed it would win on experience and history, spokesman Mike Dickerson said.

Computer Sciences is seeking more government work as commercial orders slow.

The company bought Dyncorp last March for $950 million and won a contract last year to develop and train Iraq’s police force.

That order, which called for Dyncorp to hire 1,000 law enforcement officials, was valued at $50 million in its first year.

Dyncorp has been hired by the United Nations and other international organizations to send police to Haiti, the Balkans, Afghanistan and Colombia.

Shares of Computer Sciences fell 49 cents to $40.70 on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday. They had gained 31% in the last year.