The General Services Administration is looking to change up how it provides access to the Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity program.
GSA officials said the agency is looking to create Special Item Number exclusively for the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program, tentatively scheduled to roll out this summer.
The program provides federal, state and local partners with tools for continuous network monitoring and risk-based analysis of cybersecurity threats.
In a March 22 request-for-information issued on FedBizOpps, GSA officials solicited feedback from industry stakeholders on the proposed move to offer CDM tools under an exclusive SIN within IT Schedule 70.
Related: Read the RFI
"Together, GSA and DHS are structuring a new SIN for IT Schedule 70 to meet the government's need in strengthening cyber networks," said a GSA spokesperson in an email.
"A GSA IT Schedule 70 technical evaluation factor will be created specific to the CDM SIN to undergo a DHS product qualification process to be added to the CDM Approved Products List. This collaborative approach will strengthen the security posture and best-practices application of Government-wide networks."
CDM tools are presently provided under a Blanket Purchase Agreement maintained through a partnership between GSA and DHS, but the RFI states that those agreements will expire in August 2018, necessitating a new contract solution.
The RFI detailed how the new SIN aims to pair down CDM's 15 Tool Functional Areas into five subcategories addressing the following:
GSA and DHS will continue to jointly manage the CDM program under the new SIN. Industry stakeholders have until 5 p.m. on April 5 to submit feedback to RFI. Depending on that feedback, GSA officials said the SIN could debut in early summer.
