Independent Test Agent Services
Forecast details
Requirement
CISA requires an Independent Test Agent (ITA) to plan, conduct, and report Operational Test & Evaluation (OT&E) activities for CISA acquisition programs in accordance with DHS policies, directives, and procedures. Key ITA responsibilities include: 1) Planning, conducting, and reporting OT&E activities, 2) Attending test planning meetings and contributing to Test & Evaluation (T&E) documents. 3) Conducting adversarial assessments, cyber resilience testing, and evaluating measures of effectiveness, performance, suitability, and reliability. 4) Providing analysis of red team test results. 5) Supporting government test readiness reviews, developing and presenting operational test results, and briefing stakeholders. 6) Coordinating OT&E strategy and submitting plans/reports to the Director of Test & Evaluation (DOT&E).
About this market
Department of Homeland Security awards in NAICS 541330 over the last 3 years.
- Typical award size
- The median award was $1.6M; the middle half ran from $434K to $6.1M (786 priced awards).
- Competition
- 90% of 706 awards were competed; median 3 offers.
- Largest vendors
- DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP — 14 awards, $328.7M
- STARR II, A JOINT VENTURE — 27 awards, $249.8M
- COMPASS PTS JV, THE — 24 awards, $187.1M
- CHARTIS CONSULTING CORPORATION — 9 awards, $172.7M
- MAYVIN, INC. — 3 awards, $166.6M
- Largest recent awards
- $151.8M to MAYVIN, INC., signed Feb 13, 2026
- $136.8M to LEIDOS, INC., signed Dec 19, 2025
- $125.7M to QED ENTERPRISES INC., signed Feb 13, 2026
- $124.0M to MANTECH ADVANCED SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC., signed Jan 22, 2026
- $116.4M to CACI, INC. - FEDERAL, signed Feb 27, 2026
- Recompete pipeline
- 246 contracts of $100K or more in this market end between 90 days and 18 months from now.
Computed from USAspending award data on Oct 25, 2026.