Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department-Wide Cloud (Cumulus)
Awarded Limited / Sole Source Justification Posted
- Solicitation number
- FY26-0030
- Agency
-
Office of Procurement Operations
Department of Homeland Security
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Contract number
- TBD-NA
- NAICS code
- 518210 Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services
- Place of performance
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Procurement Operations issued a Limited/Sole Source Justification Notice on April 21, 2026, for the Cumulus project, which seeks to establish Department-wide cloud infrastructure and services through non-competitive awards to multiple brand name Cloud Service Providers (CSPs). The procurement covers commercial cloud solutions including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), and related professional services from four designated CSPs: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud (GC), Microsoft Azure (MS), and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). DHS justified the limitation to brand name CSPs citing the unique and incompatible architectures, APIs, and interfaces specific to each provider that prevent interoperability, combined with estimated migration costs exceeding $100 million per system, making competitive procurement impractical. The justification supports single-award Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) vehicles with a rolling award schedule spanning the second through fourth quarters of fiscal year 2026, with awards estimated for August 5, 2026, though the specific vendor awards and contract values remain to be determined. DHS anticipates realizing at least $142 million in first-year savings through centralized procurement and volume discounts, with service requirements including FedRAMP approval, 99.9% minimum availability, geographic redundancy, and support for 4,000 virtual instance scaling across a base ordering period plus four optional one-year ordering periods.
Notice text
The United States (U.S.) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) requires commercial cloud solutions for Department-wide use. It is anticipated that commercial cloud solutions shall be directly provided by Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) through non-competitively and competitively awarded Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) vehicles.
The attached Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Overhaul (RFO) Subpart 6.103 justification supports the anticipated non-competitively awarded IDIQ vehicles. The justification was prepared in accordance with RFO Subpart 6.104 and is posted in accordanced with RFO Subpart 6.301, specifically, 6.301(b)(2). Cumulus awards have not been made yet, award date referenced within this notice is an estimate.
Included within the scope of this effort titled Cumulus, are commercially available Anything as a Service (XaaS) covering Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), professional services, marketplace solutions, and training services.
Cumulus requirements will not just offer increased efficiency and effectiveness in CSP solution procurement but is also anticipated to deliver strategic level value to the Department. This includes increased oversight and understanding of CSP solutions being procured across the Department and how they may be collaboratively leveraged from both a mission delivery and spend perspective. Strategic level value will be recognized, for example, through economies of scale resulting in significant discounts and through increased cloud procurement and delivery consistency Department-wide.
Awarded contract TBD to unknown vendor for unknown amount on 2026-08-05.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Justification FY26-0030_Redacted.pdf |
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