DHS seeks bids for $3B mobility support recompete

The Homeland Security Department is now ready for industry to start working on and submitting their bids for the recompete of a contract for acquiring broad professional services to help it manage employees’ mobile devices.

Iteration number three of the Cellular Wireless Managed Services contract will have a $3 billion ceiling over up to 10 years and go to a single winner, who will act as DHS’ lead managed services provider and interface with commercial wireless carriers.

DHS is conducting the CWMS 3.0 competition through a two-phase process that is set up as a mandatory down-select. First round bids due by 12 p.m. Eastern time on Nov. 24, the department said in a Thursday notice to release the final solicitation.

Phase one is a strict pass/fail exercise that looks at bidders’ facility clearances and commitment letters from the major wireless carriers such as AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and the FirstNet public safety network.

Companies that make it to phase two will then submit more detail to include technical assumptions, key personnel commitment letters, their management approach and past performance.

Second round bids must also include information on a bidders’ capability to maintain a web portal DHS uses to manage the devices in its portfolio across the entire lifecycle.

DHS estimates it needs support for approximately 150,000 wireless connections under the contract that range from service desk support to program management, expense management and transition support.

Widepoint Corp. has held the CWMS contract throughout its entire history, dating back to the original win in 2013 and later capture of the recompete in 2020.

The department has obligated $431.4 million in order volume against CWMS 2.0 to-date, according to GovTribe data.