Constellation West, a leading provider of mission-critical technology solutions for the U.S. government and one of the fastest-growing service-disabled veteran-owned, women-owned, small disadvantaged businesses in the country, announced today it was awarded an $8.4 million contract by the Internal Revenue Service for cybersecurity services required under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Under the contract, Constellation West will provide technical services to support security engineering and security assessment and authorization for the IRS’s ACA projects.

This support encompasses the development and design of security requirements, security architecture, interfaces and configurations for the IRS ACA initiatives. Key security tasks include defining security and communication standards and protocols, determining data protection and exchange standards, and assisting the IRS with ensuring IRS taxpayer data is protected.

Constellation West recently announced it was awarded follow-on work to another contract it has with the IRS to provide continued support of the agency’s Archer eGRC platform.

About Constellation West

Constellation West is where extraordinary works. A leading provider of mission-critical technology solutions for the U.S. government, Constellation West is one of the fastest-growing service-disabled veteran-owned, women-owned, small disadvantaged businesses in the country. Constellation West delivers award-winning solutions in program management, cybersecurity, geospatial information systems, IT engineering, cloud computing, mobile applications and process management. Constellation West has an Operations Center in Bellevue, Nebraska, from which it supports a wide array of government customers in defense and civilian sectors, including the U.S. Strategic Command, U.S. Transportation Command, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, Department of Veterans Affairs, Environmental Protection Agency, Internal Revenue Service, Department of Agriculture and Small Business Administration. Constellation West has been honored with a number of awards for its outstanding services, commitment to hiring veterans and growth as a small business, including the 2014 Gordon H. Mansfield Veterans Small Business Award from the National Veteran Small Business Coalition; 2012 Inc. Hire Power Award; Veteran Small Business Services Champion of the Year Award from the Small Business Administration; and inclusion in the Top 100 FedList Telecommunications Network Management Contractors by the Federal Times. Constellation West is based in Fairfax, Virginia, and was founded in 1997 by Lisa Wolford, a nationally recognized business leader who started her career as a field radio operator in the Marine Corps. For more information, go to www.ConstellationWest.com.