Independent Test Agent Services
Forecast overview
- Subagency
- DHS HQ/CISA
- NAICS
- 541330
- Estimated value
- $1M to $2M
- Set-aside
- Full
- Place of performance
- VA
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).
Related federal terms
Acquisition timeline
- Source published
- 07/01/2026
- Last verified on RFPCapture
- 2026-08-31
- Estimated award
- Q4 2026 (agency estimate)
- Expected period of performance end
- Q4 2026 (agency estimate)
Why watch this
- Agency planning data cites an estimated value of $1M to $2M.
Market context
- NAICS market
- NAICS 541330
- Active contractors in this market
- 5 with relevant federal experience
Contractors with relevant federal experience
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Source
- Source
- DHS APFS Public Forecast Export
- Source file
- Public Forecast List Acquisition Planning Forecast System (1).csv
- Official source
- Agency forecast source
- Last verified
- 2026-08-31