Blanket Purchase Agreement 12639521A0013

The Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to The Dalton Gang, Inc. (TDG), a Veteran-Owned and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, to provide Risk Management Framework (RMF) services including security testing, controls assessments, and authorization documentation for APHIS systems and cloud environments. The BPA, with a ceiling value of $0, has an ultimate completion date of January 5, 2026. Task orders placed against the vehicle range from $0 to $182,469.59 and support various APHIS programs and systems such as ePermits, the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, and cloud platforms.

Under this BPA, TDG delivers annual security testing, controls assessments, and security authorization documentation to help APHIS maintain compliance with federal information security standards and obtain necessary authority to operate certifications for its IT systems. This enables APHIS to efficiently procure cybersecurity services to support its mission of safeguarding U.S. agriculture. No set-aside designations were used for this BPA or associated task orders, which were awarded on a firm fixed price basis.