TACLANE Encryption Equipment Award

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Fort Meade, Maryland awarded a sole source contract to General Dynamics One Source (GDOS). The objective of this procurement is to procure brand name, commercial off-the-shelf, TACLANE-FLEX and Base-SX Multi-mode Pluggable Optic equipment. The DISA Data Center Columbus has a requirement to acquire twenty-two (22) TACLANE-FLEX Encryption Platforms and ten (10) 1000 Base-SX Multi-mode Pluggable Optic (for TACLANE-FLEX only). TACLANE-FLEX Encryptor is cryptology equipment that encrypts data up to the Top Secret (TS)/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) level. The TACLANE-FLEX Encryptor is certified by the National Security Agency (NSA) to protect information classified as TS/SCI and below. The Department of Defense (DoD) National Security Directives and DoD Instructions require the use of NSA-approved encryption equipment. As a result, the Government may procure encryption equipment that has only been adequately tested and approved by the NSA. The equipment that Data Center Columbus requires has been certified by NSA and is available for acquisition from only GDOS. GDOS is the sole manufacturer, distributor, and owner of the TACLANE, therefore no other manufacturer, distributer, and authorized resellers exist. GDOS is the only certified Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) authorized by the NSA to provide this type of equipment to the Government.