US – Half a billion dollars for cybersecurity.

International Systems Marketing Inc., Rockville, Maryland; DLT Solutions Inc., Herndon, Virginia; and EC America, McLean, Virginia, is awarded an estimated value $550,840,000 multiple-award, firm-fixed-price blanket purchase agreement (BPA) in accordance with the company’s General Services Administration (GSA) federal supply schedule contract.

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This agreement will provide McAfee brand name hardware, software, and services for Department of Defense (DoD), U.S. intelligence community, and Coast Guard activities worldwide. The products provided will meet functional requirements and capabilities for: client, data and server protection; data loss prevention; vulnerability management; email gateway security; and network intrusion prevention.

This BPA is issued under the DoD Enterprise software initiative in accordance with the policy and guidelines in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, Section 208.74. This is one of three multiple-award agreements. The ordering period will be for five years from May 2018, to May 2023.

No funds will be obligated at the time of award. Funds will be obligated under task orders primarily using operations and maintenance (DoD) funds. Future requirements will be competed among the three awardees in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 8.403-3(c)(2). This contract was competitively procured via the GSA E-Buy website from among 679 vendors. Three offers were received and three were selected for award. The U.S. Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity.