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$179,143,432

Department of Homeland Security·Federal Emergency Management Agency

to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

justiceexpiredONGOING · MOD OF 2023 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2023-09-08·LATEST ACTION2026-03-06·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_70FA6023F00000039_7022_HHSN316201200030W_7529
Award description

CDS BRIDGE CONTRACT POP 09/08/2023 - 09/07/2025

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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In plain English

IBM provides IT infrastructure and systems support for FEMA's disaster response and emergency management operations under a bridge contract.

Sub-sectors
fema-disaster-responseit-infrastructurebridge-contract
Why this matters

FEMA's digital systems are critical to coordinating federal disaster relief; this 2023 contract ensures continuity of emergency response capabilities through 2026.

Supply-chain signal

IBM's role as primary IT vendor for FEMA disaster systems creates dependency on enterprise software and cloud infrastructure for emergency operations.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-22. Cost: $0.002790.

Period of performance
Start
2023-09-08
End
2026-06-07
Status
expired23 days ago
Sources

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