Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Global Content Delivery Service (GCDS) III to Akamai Technologies, Inc.

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) intends to award a sole source contract to Akamai Technologies, Inc., for the Global Content Delivery Service (GCDS) III requirement. GCDS is a critical enterprise-level content delivery network (CDN) that provides secure, reliable, and globally distributed services to accelerate, secure, and monitor web content, applications, and data across DoD networks. The objective of this requirement is to obtain a reliable, responsive, and cost-effective GCDS that leverages commercial best practices and Zero Trust security principles. • The GCDS III requirement is for a global content delivery service that can provide secure, reliable, and globally distributed content delivery services. • The service must be able to accelerate, secure, and monitor web content, applications, and data across DoD networks. • The contractor must have a final Secret Facility Clearance from the Defense Counterintelligence Security Agency. • Personnel performing work under this contract must be U.S. citizens and possess an interim or final Secret security clearance when contract performance starts.