DOC-REF: FRC-2026-04-28Rev 04 / 2026

Section 8.4 - Register entry

DOC-REF: FRC-MKT-FR2524349489

IBM Data Services for Government

IBM lists IBM Data Services for Government on the FedRAMP Marketplace with the status FedRAMP Certified, at Moderate impact, on the Agency path under the Rev5 process. Package FR2524349489, read from the marketplace feed as of September 3, 2026.

FedRAMP CertifiedRev5Agency path

Section A. Register entry

What the marketplace records

FedRAMP package ID
FR2524349489
Cloud service provider
IBM
Certification status
FedRAMP Certified
Impact level
Moderate
Certification class
Class C (Moderate)
Authorization path
Agency
Certification type
Rev5
Marketplace phase
Ongoing Certification
Deployment model
Government Community Cloud
Register snapshot
September 3, 2026
Service model
SaaS
Independent assessor
Fortreum, LLC
Sponsoring agency
Customs and Border Protection
Certification date
February 10, 2026
Status date
February 10, 2026
FedRAMP Ready date
July 11, 2025
Annual assessment
January 21, 2011
Agency authorizations
1
Business categories
Analytics, Collaboration, Content Management System (CMS), Data Management, Development Tools, Legal & Policy, Research
Milestones on record
4

The marketplace carries IBM Data Services for Government under package FR2524349489 with 20 recorded fields. Its certification date is February 10, 2026, and a FedRAMP Ready date of July 11, 2025. Fortreum, LLC is named as the independent assessor, with an annual assessment date of January 21, 2011. Customs and Border Protection is recorded as the sponsoring agency. 1 agency is listed as having authorized it, among them Customs and Border Protection. It is delivered as SaaS on a government community cloud, filed under 7 business categories including Analytics, Collaboration, Content Management System (CMS) and 4 more.

Section B. Milestones

4 entries in the marketplace event log

Most recent first, as recorded by FedRAMP.

Event log
DateCategoryRecorded
February 10, 2026Status ChangeStatus changed from PMO Review to FedRAMP Certified
January 22, 2026Status ChangeStatus changed from Agency Review to FedRAMP In Process
September 17, 2025Status ChangeStatus changed from FedRAMP Ready to Agency Authorization In Process
July 11, 2025Status ChangeStatus set to Legacy FedRAMP Ready

Section C. Cost context

What reaching Moderate costs

Our own published ranges for a provider going through this level. Nothing here is a figure this provider has disclosed.

Cost context

Budget for a Moderate authorization

Initial authorization$800,000 to $2,000,000
Continuous monitoring$150,000 to $350,000 a year
Typical timeline12 to 18 months
Control baseline325+ controls
Annual assessment$90,000 to $260,000 a year

Our published planning range for a provider pursuing Moderate. It is not a figure any listed provider has disclosed.

Read the FedRAMP Moderate cost guide / annual assessment cost / continuous monitoring cost

Path

Agency Authorization is the route for 578 of the offerings on the marketplace. Our cost pages put it at $800,000 to $2,000,000 over 12 to 18 months for Moderate. Agency authorization cost

Assessment and monitoring

An annual assessment date of January 21, 2011 is on the record, and that assessment recurs for as long as the package stays listed. Annual assessment cost / continuous monitoring cost

Section E. Agencies on the record

1 agency listed against this package

As published on the marketplace. An agency named here has issued its own authorization to operate; FedRAMP does not issue ATOs itself.

  • Customs and Border Protection

Section G. Nearest entries on the register

Comparable offerings

Scored on impact level, path, status, shared business categories and how close the two entries sit in the register's own timeline.

Section H. Description

As published on the marketplace

The provider's own description of the service, reproduced from the FedRAMP feed without edits.

IBM Data Services for Government is delivered as SaaS offering using a multi-tenant cloud computing environment. IBM Data Services for Government is a portfolio of AI products that accelerates the impact of generative AI in core workflows to drive productivity. IBM watsonx.ai for Government is an integrated AI development studio that makes building and deploying AI simple and scalable. It includes tools, foundation models, and flexible runtimes ready for use as-a-Service. IBM watsonx.ai provides a suite of developer-focused capabilities such as SDKs, APIs, retrieval augmented generation (RAG) frameworks and templates, and more to streamline AI application development. Clients can access business-ready foundation models ranging from IBM Granite, open source models and models from partners such as Meta, to build AI applications for any agency use case. IBM watsonx.data for Government is a data management suite built for AI providing services to improve gen AI accuracy and performance using unified structured and unstructured data with a no-code, low-code and pro-code user experiences that foster self-service access to data insights. IBM watsonx.data has a unique multi-engine architecture optimized for price and performance. Clients can automate the ingestion, enrichment, and delivery of unstructured data at scale and unify it with structured data. The result? Context-aware and accurate AI that fuels confident decision-making. IBM watsonx.governance for Government is an end-to-end AI governance service that seamlessly integrates with your existing systems to automate and accelerate responsible AI workflows to help save time, reduce costs and comply with regulations. Clients can direct, manage, and monitor their AI using a single service to speed up responsible, transparent, and explainable AI. IBM watsonx.governance automates and scales end-to-end AI governance enabling clients to seamlessly develop, deploy, monitor and replace models across any IBM or third-party services such as OpenAI and Amazon SageMaker. Take advantage of automated tools that provide risk metrics to stay ahead of threats and simplify compliance with services that automate the process of identifying regulatory changes and translating them into enforceable policies. IBM watsonx Orchestrate for Government is a single solution to build, test, and deploy AI agents, assistants that automate workflows and processes with generative AI. Clients can browse custom-built agents, IBM watsonx agents and trusted partner solutions. Search by domain, use case or application name to quickly find the right agent for the job. IBM watsonx Orchestrate seamlessly integrates with existing business systems, connects to any AI model or automation tool, and enables collaboration between AI assistants and agents in one unified experience. The outcome? Less manual work. Faster decisions. A more efficient business, at scale. IBM watsonx Orchestate enables AI agents to plan, coordinate and take action together. Whether it's one agent handling a task or a team collaborating across tools, watsonx Orchestrate intelligently assigns the right agents and resources to get work done, without human micromanagement. IBM watsonx.data intelligence for Government transforms raw data into actionable insights swiftly, unify data governance, quality, lineage and sharing, and empower data consumers with reliable and contextualized data. IBM watsonx.data intelligence accelerates data discovery, resolves quality issues and automates data governance. Clients can discover and assess data quality at scale-wherever your data resides-with automated capabilities for data profiling, cleansing, monitoring and more. Ensure accuracy, trust and compliance by mapping the journey of your data. Break organizational siloes and enable faster data sharing by automating the delivery of data products IBM watsonx.data integration for Government service provides a unified control plane for modern data movement, helping government agencies connect, transform, and deliver trusted data wherever it resides. Start with ETL and ELT pipelines for batch integration, then expand as needs evolve to include streaming, replication, and unstructured data, all supported by built-in observability. Deploy and run pipelines across cloud, on-premises, or hybrid environments while maintaining consistent governance and control. By turning raw data into AI-ready data, watsonx.data integration unifies sources, fuels model training, and enhances AI's contextual understanding. It selects the optimal integration style to meet goals for performance, cost, latency, and security, ensuring fast and reliable access to trusted data across the entire data fabric.

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Provenance and independence

Source: the FedRAMP Marketplace product feed, produced by the General Services Administration. The feed's own last-change stamp is September 3, 2026; this copy was taken on September 5, 2026.

GSA's disclaimers page states that FedRAMP content about a specific commercial product or service is provided for the information and convenience of the public and “does not constitute endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the General Services Administration”. A listing here is a record of a certification status, not a judgment about the product.

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DOC-REF: FRC-2026-04-28 / Updated 2026-04-28