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Defense Department Solicits For Cyber Support Omnibus Contract

Wednesday, January 14th, 2015

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The Defense Department issued a draft solicitation for an omnibus contract to provide support services to US Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) and the Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF), including administrative, cyber exercise and operations, planning, and network management.The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) expects the award of multiple indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts with up to five of them set aside for small businesses.The contract objective is to help USCYBERCOM and CNFM “develop measurable outcomes to streamline their acquisition of cyber-related services,” the…

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