SAIC Wins Contract by Dept. of Homeland Security, Valued at Up to $6B

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)

announced it was awarded a prime contract by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide tools and services to implement continuous monitoring through the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM), Tools and Continuous Monitoring as a Service (CMaaS) contract.  The CDM program will strengthen the cybersecurity posture of the Federal civilian ".gov" networks, helping to protect cyber infrastructure. The multiple-award blanket purchase agreement (BPA), administered by the General Services Administration (GSA), Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM), has a one-year base period of performance, four one-year options, and a contract value of up to $6 billion, if all options are exercised. Under the contract, the SAIC team will provide tools and services that will enable Federal agencies and state, local, tribal, and territorial governments to enhance/automate their existing continuous network monitoring capabilities, correlate and analyze critical security-related information, and enhance risk-based decision making at the agency and Federal enterprise level. SAIC is one of 17 awardees eligible to compete for work under the BPA.