State of Vermont

Effective: Jun 1, 2022

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This document provides an assessment of a sole-source contract (Contract No.: 70T02020F7126N006) between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) / Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Palantir Technologies Inc. for the Palantir Gotham Platform. The contract, valued at $94,000,000 with an initial obligation of $19,300,000, covers enterprise licenses and integration services for data fusion and analytics for passenger screening and threat detection. The period of performance is from June 1, 2022, to May 31, 2025. The assessment highlights significant concerns including unit pricing being 40-50% above comparable platforms, lack of competitive benchmarking, potential duplication with other DHS components, and compliance issues such as missing key FAR clauses and the absence of FedRAMP authorization.

Effective: Mar 20, 2023

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This contract provides Salesforce license subscriptions (Sales Cloud and Service Cloud) to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), specifically for NRCS, FSA, and OCIO, via Carahsoft Technology Corporation. The agreement, valued at $12,200,000 with an initial obligation of $2,700,000, covers the period from March 20, 2023, to March 19, 2026. It is a Firm Fixed Price contract awarded under limited sources justification, without bundled implementation services. Key concerns highlighted include pricing being approximately 20% above comparable Salesforce awards, potential duplication of licenses across USDA sub-agencies, and significant underutilization of the contract ceiling (only ~22% obligated after 14 months). The contract also notes a missing FAR clause for basic data safeguards.

Effective: Jan 1, 2022

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This document outlines the U.S. General Services Administration's (GSA) Enterprise Licensing Agreement (EA) with Microsoft Corporation (Contract No. 47QTCA19F0074). The contract, valued at $56,000,000, provides GSA with enterprise-wide Microsoft licensing and support, including Microsoft 365, Azure GovCloud, and endpoint security software. It is a Firm Fixed Price agreement with a period of performance from January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2025. The agreement was awarded through full and open competition, with pricing aligned to GSA Schedule 70 benchmarks, and ensures consolidated licensing without overlap for GSA users.