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Social Security Administration·Social Security Administration

to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

social-servicesactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2016 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2016-12-31·LATEST ACTION2026-06-10·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_SS001730048_2800_GS35F110DA_4732
Award description

THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO ESTABLISH A SINGLE-AWARD DELIVERY ORDER BASE PLUS FOUR 1YEAR OPTION PERIODS FOR THE RENEWAL OF IBM SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE AND THE PURCHASE OF MORE ADDITIONAL IBM SOFTWARE LICENSES AGAINST THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATIONS FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE PROGRAM. PREVIOUS ORDER SS00-15-30081

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

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What the model surfaced from this award

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In plain English

Renewal of IBM software maintenance and licenses supporting SSA retirement and disability benefit operations since 2016.

Sub-sectors
ssa-benefit-systemsfederal-it-operationslegacy-system-maintenance
Why this matters

Reflects SSA's continued reliance on proprietary IBM software for administering the nation's largest social insurance programs.

Supply-chain signal

Reinforces SSA's proprietary lock-in with IBM; limits competition for federal benefit-system infrastructure contracts.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-12. Cost: $0.012028.

Period of performance
Start
2016-12-31
End
2026-12-30
Status
activein 199 days
Sources

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