US DHS selects Force 3 for First Source II contract

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has selected Force 3, along with Patriot-Comm for the First Source II contract.

Designed to be the primary procurement vehicle for all commodity buys and information technology refreshes, the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract is valued up to $2bn over five years and has two one-year options.

Exclusively awarded to small businesses, the First Source II contract includes historically underutilised, woman-owned, economically disadvantaged, and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB).

Under the contract, Force 3 and Patriot-Comm, a SDVOSB, will work together to provide access to a wide and renewable variety of IT commodities and solutions, such as hardware and software, as well as value-added IT services to the US DHS.

Force 3 chief revenue officer Mike Greaney said, "We are proud to be working with SDVOSB Patriot-Comm to provide the DHS with streamlined access to the technology products they need to protect our country."

In order to meet the requirements of the DHS’ enterprise infrastructure, the contract will serve as the preferred source for procuring the information technology (IT) products.
Force 3 will also serve as the primary provider of Cisco, NetApp, and EMC IT commodities.

Within the DHS Office of Procurement Operations (OPO), the First Source II programme is managed by the Acquisition Program Management Branch (APMB), which works in partnership with the prime contractors and in close coordination with the ITAC Contracting Officers (COs).