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Cyber Command Awards First Contract Under New Acquisition Authority

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, October 18th, 2017

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U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) is taking advantage of its new acquisition authority ahead of its first industry day later this October, awarding its first contract to Gartner Inc. [IT] for information technology (IT) research services.The $580,000, one-year contract to Gartner is the first deal awarded under the limited acquisition authority that Congress provided CYBERCOM with in the fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill."Instead of trying to provide basic details to a separate organization to draft and award contracts, we now have the…

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