Golden Forge IL 5/IL 6
Awarded Limited / Sole Source Justification Posted
- Solicitation number
- 852673935
- Agency
-
Defense Information Systems Agency
Department of Defense
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Contract number
- HC105023D0003-HC105026F0007 Federal contract award
- Awardee
- Microsoft Corporation
- NAICS code
- 518210 Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services
- Place of performance
- Alexandria, Virginia 22350, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) issued a Justification & Approval for a sole-source task order to Microsoft Corporation under the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contract HC105023D0003, awarded on March 16, 2026. The procurement, titled "Golden Forge (GF) Impact Level (IL) 5 Continuation & IL6/Top-Secret (TS) Request," provides cloud infrastructure services to support the Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) Digital Engineering Ecosystem, continuing existing Impact Level 5 operations while introducing new Impact Level 6 and Top-Secret capabilities for classified data processing. Microsoft was determined to be the sole capable source because it is the only Cloud Service Provider under JWCC with native integration capabilities to the Government's existing Microsoft enterprise identity and security ecosystem, access to Government-only and classified cloud regions, and the ability to inherit existing Authorities to Operate, with market research from December 2025 through January 2026 confirming that competing providers (Google, Amazon Web Services, and Oracle) did not respond affirmatively to formal inquiry. The contract includes a 1-year base period plus two option periods (one 1-year and one 9-month), with estimated contract value and specific award amount redacted, and refactoring to an alternative Cloud Service Provider would cost a redacted amount and delay the program at least 12 months. The justification notes that DISA intends to mitigate future vendor lock-in through containerization of components to enable future multi-cloud deployment.
Notice text
Golden Forge IL 5/IL 6
Awarded contract HC105023D0003 to unknown vendor for unknown amount on 2026-03-16.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| JA_AMD01_FINAL_Redacted.pdf |
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