The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) awarded a nearly $2.6 billion contract for cloud computing services to Amazon Web Services (AWS) on June 12. AWS is the first vendor awarded under the department’s Cumulus cloud services vehicle.
According to a SAM.gov notice, AWS will provide commercial cloud solutions through a single award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract.
“Included within the scope of this effort titled Cumulus, are commercially available Anything as a Service (XaaS) covering Infrastructure as a Service (laaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), professional services, marketplace solutions, and training services,” the June 12 notice says.
DHS’s Cumulus program is a departmentwide effort to centralize the acquisition of commercial cloud services and give DHS greater visibility into cloud spending, usage, and performance across its components.
Under the initiative, DHS plans to award separate contracts to Microsoft, Google Cloud, and Oracle. The department plans to make those awards in the third quarter of fiscal year 2026, according to an April justification document.
Each award will have a one-year base period and up to four individual option years.
DHS said that a centralized cloud procurement strategy would improve interoperability and reduce governance inefficiencies associated with fragmented cloud purchasing.
The department estimates the approach could generate at least $142 million in first-year savings, according to the justification document.