Broadcom said the Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded the company and distributor Carahsoft a five-year, $970 million blanket purchase agreement to consolidate software contracts and provide private cloud infrastructure, security and other Broadcom solutions to Department of War (DoW) agencies including DISA, Fourth Estate Agencies, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Space Force and Combatant Commands.
The deal, the company said in an announcement, centralizes procurement under a single contract held by Carahsoft to streamline acquisition of the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) platform and related Broadcom software for private cloud, tactical edge operations, Zero Trust security and modern application development.
Broadcom described VCF as a unified private cloud platform that supports traditional, cloud native and artificial intelligence applications on one platform, with an embedded vSphere Kubernetes Service for containerised and virtualised workloads. An analysis by the VCF Cloud Economics team showed upgrading to VCF can deliver up to twice the total cost of ownership savings versus traditional three-tier infrastructure, and up to three times the savings versus a native public cloud.
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The agreement also covers VMware vDefend, VMware Avi Load Balancer, Clarity and Rally, and provides access to professional services and technical training to accelerate deployment. It "prioritizes the investment of building and maintaining Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) of Broadcom offerings to establish a gold standard across the Federal Government," the announcement said.
“Broadcom is proud to partner with Carahsoft on this vital modernization initiative for the DoW,” said Regan McGrath, President, Americas, Broadcom. The companies said the unified contract aims to reduce costs, simplify procurement and support AI-enabled defense capabilities across DoW agencies.
The recap
- DISA awards Broadcom and Carahsoft a five-year BPA.
- $970 million contract to supply private cloud infrastructure.
- Agreement prioritizes building and maintaining STIGs across DoW.
