General Dynamics Information Technology to deploy Microsoft Office 365 across DoD under $4.4 billion contract

General Dynamics Information Technology will deploy Microsoft Office 365 across the Department of Defense under a new $4.4 billion contract, the company announced.

The goal of the project is to  improve collaboration and information sharing across the DoD under the Defense Enterprise Office Solutions (DEOS) contract. The General Services Administration in partnership with the DoD and the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) awarded the contract.

DEOS aims to streamline the DoD’s use of cloud email and collaborative tools while enhancing cybersecurity and information sharing across the DoD’s enterprise based on the latest commercial technology. 

GDIT will stand up and accredit DEOS cloud environments as well as support the migration of existing DoD Office 365 (O365) tenants into DEOS. The DEOS environments are intended to support over 3.2 million DoD users and GDIT will provide engineering, migration, training and support services for those users. 

DoD estimates the value of the DEOS Blanket Purchase Agreement at $4.4 billion over a 10-year period.

“The demand for DEOS capabilities have been further amplified by the COVID-19 crisis and more than ever, it’s imperative that we accelerate the deployment of technology to support our mission partners,” said Amy Gilliland, president, GDIT.

Under the contract, GDIT will replace legacy DoD IT office applications with an enterprise-wide standard cloud-based solution across all military services worldwide for both unclassified (IL5) and classified (IL6) environments. This solution will allow DoD users and mission partners to more seamlessly collaborate and share information regardless of their location or DoD organization. DEOS represents a major pillar of the DoD CIO’s cloud strategy, the largest ever deployment of Microsoft O365 and the first deployment of O365 in a DoD classified environment.

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