DHS extends civilian network cyber contracts
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Ross Wilkers
This family of procurements known as CDM DEFEND will continue on for three more years.
The Homeland Security Department has extended a handful of task order contracts related to a governmentwide effort for further securing civilian agency networks that reside in the ".gov" domain.
Known as CDM DEFEND, this iteration of DHS' Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program is a continuation of work to implement new cybersecurity tools in government IT systems.
DHS' Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency finalized the extensions on Friday for up to three years each, according to Federal Procurement Data System records.
The department made the original awards in six batches between 2018 and 2020 to Booz Allen Hamilton, CACI International, CGI Federal and ManTech.
Five of those orders were divided up into groups of agencies that are covered by the 1990 Chief Financial Officers Act, while the so-called Group F order was for non-CFO Act agencies.
Each extension includes an initial base year and two option years that would extend the work to April 30, 2027.
Financial details are as follows:
- Group A, CACI – $356.3 million base value, $1 billion ceiling
- Groups B and D, Booz Allen Hamilton – $421.6 million base value, $1.2 billion ceiling
- Group C, CGI Federal – $110.7 million base value, $333.4 million ceiling
- Group E, ManTech – $67.6 million base value, $199.8 million ceiling