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GSA Awards Booz Allen $65 Million To Continue Supporting Army Cyber Command

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, August 17th, 2017

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GSA Awards Booz Allen $65 Million To Continue Supporting Army Cyber Command

U.S. Army Cyber Command Soldiers conduct operations in the ARCYBER headquarters at Fort Belvoir, Va. (Photo by Robert Bills)

The General Services Administration (GSA), acting in support of U.S. Army Cyber Command (ARCYBER), is awarding Booz Allen Hamilton [BAH] a one-year $65 million contract to continue support of the command’s cyberspace operations while it prepares a competition for a new contract.The sole-source award was made by the GSA’s Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM).To help meet its mission needs, ARCYBER has been using the Global Threat Mitigation Program (GTMP), a potential five-year $937 million task order that Booz…

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