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$192,880,305

Department of State·Department of State

to SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

intelligenceexpiring · 39d· period of performance ends in 39 daysONGOING · MOD OF 2025 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2025-05-09·LATEST ACTION2026-06-18·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_19AQMM25F0271_1900_47QTCK18D0001_4732
Award description

THIS INTERIM AWARD PROVIDES THE PRIMARY ENGINEERING, TIER II AND III OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE (O AND M) AND CYBER SECURITY SUPPORT FOR THE DEPARTMENTS CORE DATA NETWORKS AND SERVICES SUCH AS COMMAND-AND-CONTROL MESSAGING EMAIL MOBILE AND REMOTE.

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

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Latest obligation on the 2025 State Department contract for engineering, operations, maintenance, and cybersecurity support for core diplomatic data networks and messaging systems.

Sub-sectors
cybersecuritygovernment-it-infrastructurestate-department-operations
Why this matters

Protects classified and sensitive State Department communications, command-and-control systems, and email infrastructure critical to U.S. diplomatic operations and national security.

Supply-chain signal

Sustains SAIC's role as primary contractor for State Department IT infrastructure; signals continued reliance on private-sector cybersecurity expertise for government networks.

U.S.–China competition angle

Strengthens U.S. diplomatic communications resilience against foreign cyber threats, particularly relevant given state-sponsored espionage targeting government networks.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-23. Cost: $0.003053.

Period of performance
Start
2025-05-09
End
2026-08-08
Status
expiring · 39din 39 days
Sources

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