Federal Supply Schedule GS35F0040K

This federal contract IDV award with the Federal Supply Schedule contract number GS35F0040K was awarded to the prime contractor Network Security Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Verizon Communications Inc. The contract has a ceiling value of $2,000,000 and was originally awarded on October 15, 1999 with an ultimate completion date of October 24, 2009.

The task orders issued under this IDV cover a range of information technology and cybersecurity services, including managed intrusion detection, system security assessments, penetration testing, and security engineering support. The customer agencies include the United States Mint, the Federal Acquisition Service, the National Science Foundation, and others. The contract utilizes firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-incentive, and labor hour pricing arrangements for these services, which are performed at various locations across the United States. While the contract itself did not use any set-asides, one task order valued at $355,177 was designated as a total small business set-aside. Overall, this IDV provides the federal government with a centralized vehicle to procure a variety of IT security and engineering capabilities from a large telecommunications provider with an established track record of federal contracting.