# SAM #693JJ126F00015N_P00001

Emergency Palo Alto Unit 42 cybersecurity support added to an existing DOT task order

**Buyer:** DOT Office of Acquisition and Grants Management
**Posted:** September 30, 2026
**Identifier:** 693JJ126F00015N_P00001
**NAICS:** 541519, 541512

This Department of Transportation justification documents an emergency modification to an existing task order for Palo Alto Unit 42 cybersecurity support.
- **Agency and acquisition:** DOT’s Office of the Secretary, through OCDIO and FHWA’s IT Acquisition Center of Excellence, is modifying NASA SEWP task order 693JJ126F00015N with Colossal Contracting LLC.
- **Purpose:** Add emergency defensive cybersecurity support in response to a White House threat-detection warning.
- **Work and quantities:** The listed U42 Consulting Services items are PAN-U42-AIDEFENSE (quantity 2; base support for 3,000–4,000 assets) and PAN-U42-AIDEFENSE-ADDON (quantity 12; an add-on described as two hours of services for over 2,000, per the base cost).
- **Acquisition rationale:** The modification is described as a logical follow-on, citing integration and continuity requirements, and is supported by a justification for an exception to fair opportunity.
- **Scope limits:** No period of performance, contract value, or further delivery schedule is provided.

### Description

<p>The OCDIO has a need to update the requirements list under Task Order (TO) 693JJ126F00015N awarded to Colossal Contracting LLC. utilizing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Solution for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) governmentwide acquisition contract (GWAC).&nbsp;The purpose of this modification to order 693JJ126F00015N is to add emergency defensive support in response to the White House threat detection warning.</p>

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