http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2015/05/pentagon-rethinking-475-million-cyber-defense-proposal/113635/
By Aliya Sternstein
Nextgov
May 25, 2015
Nearly a week after extending the terms of its original proposal, U.S.
Cyber Command revoked a 5-year contract offer that aimed to backfill
significant staffing shortages.
Cyber Command has called off a sweeping solicitation that would have
outsourced support for cyberspying and network attacks against foreigners,
as well as the defense of military networks.
As of Friday afternoon, there were few details on why the five-year-old
command, which is racing to staff up, revoked an April 30 request for
proposals from contractors. The jobs were worth up to $475 million over
five years.
Drawing major assistance from industry was supposed to help deploy the
so-called Cyber National Mission Force, according to the original
solicitation. The purpose of the venture was “to streamline USCYBERCOM’s
acquisition of cyber mission support capabilities and services,
information technology services, and cyber professional services” across
multiple disciplines “under a centralized structure.”
But now the Pentagon is rethinking the whole investment.
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