Leidos, Inc., a science and technology solutions leader supporting vital missions for government and commercial customers, has been awarded a 2-month Alliant 2 task order to continue providing cybersecurity operations support services to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO).
Awardee Name: LEIDOS, INC.
Unique Entity ID: MDSWM6MB1BH7
Total Contract Value: $3,532,552.69
Action Obligation: $3,532,552.69
Department Name: HOMELAND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF
Funding Agency: CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AGENCY
Funding Office: OFF OF THE DIR CISA
Number of Bidders: 1
Award ID: 70RCSJ25FR0000014
Referenced IDV ID: 47QTCK18D0008
Contract Vehicle: GSA ALLIANT 2
NAICS: 541512
Award Type: Delivery Order
Start Date: 2025-04-01
Ultimate Completion Date: 2025-05-30
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This Justification for an Exception to Fair Opportunity supports a procurement action to be conducted under the authority of FAR Subpart 16.5 – Indefinite-Delivery Contracts. The procurement action is generated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Chief of the Contracting Office (COCO).
In support of its mission, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) requires the continuation of Cybersecurity Operations Support Services. Core required services include network monitoring and security event analysis, email security monitoring and analysis, computer security incident response and management, vulnerability assessment, security engineering, cyber intelligence support, intrusion analysis, and continuity of operations for Security Operations Center (SOC) services. The current support ends on March 31, 2025. CISA/COCO intends to award a task order to Leidos, Inc. under General Services Administration (GSA) Alliant 2 Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) contract number 47QTCK18D0008.
The Contractor shall be responsible for identifying, protecting, detecting, responding, and recovering from Information Technology events ensuring that CISA is able to rapidly respond to CISA mission needs. The continued Cybersecurity Operations Support Services are required to maintain CISA Information Security. The period of performance shall be 9 months to include a 3-month base period, one (1) 4-month option period, and one (1) 2-month option period. Services are anticipated to commence on April 1, 2025.
CISA requires uninterrupted support of its mission essential Cybersecurity Operations Support Services or CISA OCIO Information Security support will cease. The follow-on task order allows the SOC to continue to provide continuity of services that directly support the Cybersecurity mission. CISA is the face and voice of cybersecurity for the federal government, which means the actors trying to infiltrate CISA to exfiltrate our data have the skills and resources of Nation States. The services required are highly specialized because CISA is building out a world class SOC that incorporates commercial technology enriched with specialized data flows and practices to defend CISA from some of the most skilled attackers. Without a specialized workforce, CISA would not be able to detect and respond to actors exploiting previously unknown zero-day attacks against CISA’s infrastructure. At this time, only the incumbent contractor, Leidos, Inc., is capable of supporting this highly specialized, short-term requirement. Leidos has been instrumental to OCIO by configuring and maintaining the Cybersecurity Enclave (CSE) which OCIO relies on to monitor and protect CISA IT Systems. The contractor’s employees are already cleared to perform and already have the requisite experience and expertise to support the required tasks. There are no other contractors capable of continuing and transitioning CISA’s highly specialized support services, and there are currently no Federal staff available to meet this support need.
Other than Leidos, there are currently no known small or other than small businesses capable of supporting the CISA specific tasks within the term of this requirement. For consistency and because of the nature of this support, CISA fully intends to utilize the forthcoming DHS enterprise vehicle for long term support; however, the DHS effort remains within source selection. While Leidos is currently contracted for SOC support throughout DHS, this task order will be structured in such a way that the current support can be transitioned in a timely, costeffective manner once the new DHS enterprise vehicle is available to its components.
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