FBI Contracts Cellebrite to Break into San Bernardino iPhone

I suspect that contract is unrelated. Details of the contract are visible at:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fpds.gov&#x2F;common&#x2F;jsp&#x2F;LaunchWebPage.jsp?command=execute&amp;requestid=66872289&amp;version=1.4" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fpds.gov&#x2F;common&#x2F;jsp&#x2F;LaunchWebPage.jsp?command=ex...</a><p>Specifically, the &quot;description of requirement&quot; says:<p><pre><code> IGF::OT::IGF UFED software renewals for seven machines. </code></pre> Which sounds like a routine license renewal... unless, of course, they&#x27;re deliberately being misleading with that line item.

Is $15k a weirdly low number for this, given the importance the FBI has attributed to it? Anyone with similar contracting experience who can comment?

Danny Yadron, a reporter for the Gaurdian, recently tweeted &quot;Reliable sources with a variety of biases saying Cellebrite rumor is bunk.&quot;