A24_JA Redacted.pdf

This document appears to be a Justification and Approval (J&A) for a limited/sole source contract award for the renewal of software maintenance and support for Cisco Firepower Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) for the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS).

The key details are:

• The contract, awarded to an unknown vendor on June 24, 2024, is for the renewal of software maintenance and support for Cisco Firepower IPS, which protects DFAS systems from network attacks and provides HTTPS inspection capabilities.
• DFAS requires the Cisco Firepower IPS solution to have active fail-over capability and power-off passthrough to limit the risk of software failure.
• The solicitation number is HQ042324F0085, and the contract was awarded under a limited/sole source justification.