The US Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has begun accepting bids for its Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability Unified Cloud Marketplace (JWCC UCM) 'core' contracts.

In a notice shared on SAM.gov, DISA states that parties interested in bidding for the core hyperscale contract have until October 6, 2026, to submit their application.

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DISA is seeking cloud service offerings including tactical Edge compute services across unclassified, secret, and top secret security ratings, as well as reserved instances meeting the same security clearances, and support services.

In total, all contracts awarded have a combined upper ceiling of $21.6 billion, and each individual contract has a minimum value of $100,000.