Enterprise Messaging (EM5)
Awarded Limited / Sole Source Justification Posted
- Solicitation number
- 852366807mod2
- Agency
-
Defense Information Systems Agency
Department of Defense
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Contract number
- HC105023D0003-HC105023F0022 Federal contract award
- Awardee
- Microsoft Corporation
- NAICS code
- 518210 Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services
- Place of performance
- Fort George G Meade, Maryland 20755, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) published a Limited/Sole Source Justification Notice for Enterprise Messaging (EM5), a cloud-based messaging solution providing geo-redundant capabilities across multiple regions at Impact Levels 5 and 6. This justification supports Modification 02 under the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) contract, which increases the task order value to accommodate unanticipated consumption increases and adds 15% surge capacity for critical missions supporting STRATCOM, NORTHCOM, DISA, NAVY, and SPACECOM, with 80% of operations on SIPRNet. The contract was awarded to Microsoft Azure as the sole source cloud service provider on September 11, 2025, though the specific award amount remains undisclosed. DISA justified the sole source award by emphasizing that Microsoft is the only Cloud Service Provider capable of meeting the government's requirement for geographically dispersed multi-region capabilities at IL6, and that the EM5 team has already implemented 75-80% of the necessary Infrastructure as Code architecture on Azure. The justification notes that switching to another provider would result in substantial schedule delays of 7-9 months and significant unrecoverable costs, making Microsoft the only viable option for maintaining mission-critical messaging services without interruption.
Notice text
Enterprise Messaging (EM5)
Awarded contract HC105023D0003 to unknown vendor for unknown amount on 2025-09-11.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| JA23-069 MOD 02 - 852366807 EM5_FINAL_Redacted.pdf |
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