DISA has officially kicked off the official acquisition process for one of the agency's biggest service purchases.

The Defense Enclaves Services is coming next week, with a potential award being issued in a year after solictations are reviewed by DISA.

Those bidding on the $11.7 billion Defense Enclaves Services IT contract will have to wait a little longer for the final RFP, and likely won't see CMMC requirements just yet.

The DES contract will be to support DISA's work to consolidate and modernize the IT networks of DOD support agencies.

This time, DIU isn't looking for artificial intelligence or cybersecurity tools. It wants an automated solution for decontaminating military-specific environments.

DIU wants machine learning to expand the DOD's use of Robotic Process Automation to detect fraud and abuse in finical systems.