Reston, Va.-based International Technology Solutions Inc. will cut 500 jobs in Laguna Niguel by July 31 due to the pending loss of a contract with the federal government, according to a state filing.
The local economy isn’t expected to take a hit, though, thanks to stipulations that will give workers priority on landing spots with the service provider in line to take over the work.
The cuts will take place at a unit of International Technology Solutions called Longview Systems, which currently does work for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Laguna Niguel, according to Dennis Freeland, a company spokesperson.
LongView and Ashburn, Va.-based FCi Federal Inc. had been working jointly to provide the federal agency’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service’s center in Laguna Niguel with services including electronic data entry, fee collection, and tracking and maintaining various files.
FCi Federal, which is succeeding Longview as the primary contractor, is required to offer employees jobs under the federal Service Contract Act, according to Freeland. He estimated that “95% of them will be rehired by the new contractor.”
