Malware Software Provider Claims Agency Aims to Dodge Payment

Sirius Federal LLC says the US Defense Information Systems Agency owes it over $15 million for breaching a task order to provide Cisco software licenses and malware protection services.

The failure to fully pay can’t be justified by what the agency’s contracting officer called a lack of appropriations, Sirius said in a complaint filed Sept. 20 with the US Court of Federal Claims.

Sirius received the task order in July 2021, which included a one-year base period and four option years. The order said the government would use its best efforts to annually obtain funding and would exercise each option …