The ISSLOB PMO partnered with GSA SmartBUY, a consolidated purchasing program for the acquisition of software and software maintenance, to establish SmartBUY enterprise wide Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) for those SAIR “Tier I” requirements.

Government agencies routinely use commercial software to detect and prevent damage to software and data. The primary reasons for this SmartBUY government-wide program are: security, standardization, configuration management, Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC) compliance, cost savings, and Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 validation.

The objective is to obtain a collection of cost effective information security tools. Additionally these products shall 1) give government agencies security products with ability to check for and report FDCC compliance and prove ability to scan for FDCC compliance, 2) enable all federal government agencies to purchase security products that are, at a minimum, compliant with current NIST SCAP guidelines, and 3) Provide products via a GSA SmartBuy BPA that perform Network Mapping and Discovery, Baseline Configuration Management, and Vulnerability Assessment.

This RFQ is scheduled to close on September 23, 2008. This SmartBUY BPA will be awarded in November 2008.

For further information, contact Sharon Terango, sharon.terango@gsa.gov.

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