Department of Homeland Security
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Policy
CISA's CI Fortify Initiative Puts Critical Infrastructure Operators — and Their Contractors — on Notice
CISA launched CI Fortify on May 5-6, 2026 — a new initiative requiring critical infrastructure operators to plan for isolation-mode operations and manual recovery from cyberattacks. ICS/SCADA vendors, MSPs, and security integrators are explicitly called out as essential partners.
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Awards
General Atomics books $265.5M DHS CBP modification for additional MQ-9B UAS, VADER
March 31, 2026 hybrid (CPFF + FFP) sole-source modification posted to SAM.gov; builds on the March 2022 GA-ASI/CBP base contract. Adds MQ-9B aircraft, spares, system upgrades, software, pilot/operator services, and the VADER radar.
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Awards
Agile Defense beats 20 competitors for $118M USCIS RAPID dual-vendor contract
April 20, 2026 award via GSA MAS, dual-vendor structure, code-challenge procurement. Five-year potential. Builds on IntelliBridge's prior SPEED-program work (acquired by Agile Defense in 2025). Beat out 20 competitors.
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Protests
GAO sustains DHS EAGLE II protest — agency failed to document OCI mitigation for awardee's consulting role
The Government Accountability Office has sustained a protest challenging a DHS EAGLE II task order award, finding the agency failed to conduct a meaningful organizational conflict of interest review after the awardee's consulting subsidiary had assisted in writing the task order's performance work statement.
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Awards
DHS kills EAGLE II — next-gen IT buying flows through GSA and NIH vehicles
DHS won't recompete the $22 billion EAGLE II IT contract. Instead, EAGLE Next Gen routes IT procurement through GSA's Alliant 2, Alliant 2 SB, 8(a) STARS II, VETS 2, plus NIH's CIO-SP3. Small-business commitment continues.
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Awards
DHS Cumulus: non-competitive cloud awards to AWS, Azure, Google, and Oracle — what's in scope
The Department of Homeland Security moved to its Cumulus centralized cloud vehicle with non-competitive block-one awards to the four major hyperscalers. Contracts have 1-year base periods and up to four option years. Financial details redacted. Small firms should pay attention to the downstream services layer.
